Using Python Print Statement in Dynamo

 

As of Dynamo 1.2, it’s still not possible to add additional OUT ports, but I did figure out a trick to redirect print( ) so you can “log” them.

It doesn’t actually stream it in the way a stdout typically would, but it does store all the data printed, and then you can assign the value to your OUT output.

In the absence of a debugger, I tend to add print statements all over the place when I am troubleshooting python , so I find this very helpful.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

import sys

sys.path.append(r'C:Program Files (x86)IronPython 2.7Lib')
import time
from StringIO import StringIO
output = StringIO()
sys.stdout = output
t1 = time.time()
print('Starting Test')
print('=============')
print('1')
print('2')
print('3')
duration = time.time() - t1
print('Finished in {} seconds'.format(duration))
OUT = output.getvalue()

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