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Hello friends this article is use for developer debugging print values in LLDB debug area.

There are multiple functions available in swift

print(),debugPrint(),dump(),NSLog()

use of these functions in swift

print : print(_ items: Any..., separator: String = default, terminator: String = default)

print is use for some textual representations in debug area. 

example : 

print("hello friends")

Output : 

hello friends

debugPrint : debugPrint(_ items: Any..., separator: String = default, terminator: String = default)

debugPrint is use for shows the instance of some textual representations in debug area.

example : 

debugPrint("hello friends")

Output : 

"hello friends"

dump : dump<T>(_ value: T, name: String? = default, indent: Int = default, maxDepth: Int = default, maxItems: Int = default)

dump is use for print the contents of an object via reflection like mirroring. dump prints details hierarchy. 

example : 

dump(["iOS","Android"])

Output : 

▿ 2 elements

  - "iOS"

  - "Android"

NSLog : NSLog(_ format: String, _ args: CVarArg...)

NSLog is use for print the contents with timestamp. It will also print project_name along with timestamp.

example :

NSLog("hello iOS developers")

Output : 

2018-09-17 15:18:10.522 DebuggerDemo[2022:4583274]hello iOS developers

print() vs dump()

Let’s create simple “Student” class

class Student{

    let name = "Pratik"

    let lname = "Lad"

}

now print Student() class using print() & dump() 

print(Student())

Output :

__lldb_expr_81.Student

dump(Student())

Output : 

▿ __lldb_expr_81.Student #0

  - name: "Pratik"

  - lname: "Lad"

You can see the difference of printing in debug area result. print() simple print the class name where as dump() print the whole class hierarchy.