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Arian Faurtosh
Arian Faurtosh

Reputation: 18491

How to print to console using swift playground?

I have been following the Apple Guide for their new language swift, but I don't understand why the bar on the right is only showing "Hello, playground" and not "Hello, world". Can someone explain why the println isn't being printed on the right?

// Playground - noun: a place where people can play

import Cocoa

var str = "Hello, playground"

println("Hello, world");

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Upvotes: 102

Views: 121354

Answers (7)

rickster
rickster

Reputation: 126107

In Xcode 6.3 and later (including Xcode 7 and 8), console output appears in the Debug area at the bottom of the playground window (similar to where it appears in a project). To show it:

  • Menu: View > Debug Area > Show Debug Area (⌘⇧Y)

  • Click the middle button of the workspace-layout widget in the toolbar

    workspace layout widget

  • Click the triangle next to the timeline at the bottom of the window

    triangle for console

Anything that writes to the console, including Swift's print statement (renamed from println in Swift 2 beta) shows up there.

In earlier Xcode 6 versions (which by now you probably should be upgrading from anyway), show the Assistant editor (e.g. by clicking the little circle next to a bit in the output area). Console output appears there.

Upvotes: 133

user2511630
user2511630

Reputation: 3364

As of Xcode 7.0.1 println is change to print. Look at the image. there are lot more we can print out. enter image description here

Upvotes: 2

Siv Ragav
Siv Ragav

Reputation: 395

Just Press Alt + Command + Enter to open the Assistant editor. Assistant Editor will open up the Timeline view. Timeline by default shows your console output.

Additionally You can add any line to Timeline view by pressing the small circle next to the eye icon in the results area. This will enable history for this expression. So you can see the output of the variable over last 30 secs (you can change this as well) of execution.

Upvotes: 13

jai
jai

Reputation: 1

for displaying variables only in playground, just mention the variable name without anything

let stat = 100

stat // this outputs the value of stat on playground right window

Upvotes: 0

Kumar KL
Kumar KL

Reputation: 15335

you need to enable the Show Assistant Editor:

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Upvotes: 71

adr
adr

Reputation: 362

You may still have trouble displaying the output in the Assistant Editor. Rather than wrapping the string in println(), simply output the string. For example:

for index in 1...5 {
    "The number is \(index)"
}

Will write (5 times) in the playground area. This will allow you to display it in the Assistant Editor (via the little circle on the far right edge).

However, if you were to println("The number is \(index)") you wouldn't be able to visualize it in the Assistant Editor.

Upvotes: 11

user3702838
user3702838

Reputation: 1

move you mouse over the "Hello, playground" on the right side bar, you will see an eye icon and a small circle icon next it. Just click on the circle one to show the detail page and console output!

Upvotes: 0

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