Maya API For C++: How To Debug On Mac

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There is no output window in Mac’s Maya so I can’t print out text by std::out. The only way I know is to use Global::displayInfo. However, Global::displayInfo only accepts MString. I haven’t digged into what MString is yet but just provide some examples here. Hope you can get the basic idea:)

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Global::displayInfo("hello"); // Works

string str = "hello";
Global::displayInfo(str); // This will fail

char str[10];
sprintf(str, "hello"); // Writes content to `str`
Global::displayInfo(str); // Works

In this way, we can also print out numeric types!

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flaot value = 100.0f;
char str[10];

sprintf(str, "value:%f", value);
Global::displayInfo(str);