IBM Visualization Data Explorer User's Reference

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Echo

Category

Debugging

Function

Echoes a message.

Syntax

Echo(string, ...);

Inputs
Name Type Default Description
string value list or string list no default message to be printed
...     additional messages to print

Functional Details

This module prints its arguments as a string.

string

is the value to be echoed.

A single Echo module can echo a maximum of 21 strings. In the user interface, the default number of enabled string tabs is two. (Tabs can be added to the module icon and removed with the appropriate ...Input Tab options in the Edit pull-down menu of the VPE.)

The module can print:

If the input is of another type, the module will echo the object class (e.g, "Field").

In the user interface, the output of Echo appears in the Message window.

See Also

 Print,  Describe


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