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SDL_Log

Function, SDL3

Prints a message, in the same way as printf. On the desktop it goes to the terminal, and in a browser it goes to the console.

Declaration

#include <SDL3/SDL.h>

void SDL_Log(const char *fmt, ...);

Parameters

`fmt`	A format string, as in `printf`.
`...`	The values for the format string.

Example

Open a window

SDL_Log("SDL_Init failed: %s", SDL_GetError());

See this code run in Open a window. Download the full program (.zip)

Notes

The message gets a newline for you.

In SDL2

The name is the same.

See also