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RE: To print and not to print

• To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
• Subject: [mg39358] RE: [mg39320] To print and not to print
• From: David.Annetts at csiro.au
• Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2003 03:53:31 -0500 (EST)
• Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com

Hi Emilio,
> 
> I have a  program with a lot of  *Print["Something"] *  calls 
> imbedded. 
> This calls are there for intermediate computation tracing 
> purposes; in 
> other words, I want this in case I need to trace some points in some 
> instances of some computations, as a (standard) service of my 
> program. But 
> I would like to be able to disable this printing facility by 
> using some 
> standard Mathematica variable/option like *DisplayFunction -> 
> Identitiy* if 
> available. Any clue?

You might try setting the program up with an option called Debug.  Printing
would then be controlled by statements like:-
	If[Debug, Print[... stuff ...]];

Regards,

Dave.
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