--- In script-fu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, gd32@xxxx wrote:
>
> > On Behalf Of paulsm1021
> >
> > Can anybody PLEASE tell me how to do a simple "printf" in Script-
Fu?
> >
> > Thank you in advance!
> >
> > FAILED ATTEMPT(S):
> > (define (script1)
> > (let*
> > (
> > (x 2)
> > )
> > ; This just prints "script-fu: 1: x="; it doesn't print
value of x
> > (gimp-message "1: x=" x)
> >
>
> There's no automatic string conversion nor string concatenation in
> script-fu. You have to write it explicity, thus:
> (gimp-message (string-append "1: x=" (number->string x)))
> is the way to do it.
>
> > ; This causes an "execution error"
> > (gimp-message
> > (cons "2: x=" x)
> > )
>
> cons is only for concatenating lists.
>
> > ; This also causes an "execution error"
> > ; (gimp-message x)
>
> Again, x need to be converted to string: (gimp-message (number-
>string x))
>
>
>
> Guillaume
>
Alternatively, using print instead of gimp-message also works on
the script-fu console. In fact the entire script can be copy and
pasted to the console to run.
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