= HowTo: Output =
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First you have to include [wiki:Debug Debug.h]:
{{{
#include "util/Debug.h"
}}}

Then you can use the '''COUT''' macro instead of std::cout (note: printf is obsolete). COUT works almost like std::cout, but you can assign a level to your output:
{{{
COUT(1) << "This is some cool output!" << std::endl;
}}}

Each level has it's meaning:

|| 0 || Gets always displayed and is meant for very important messages ||
|| 1 || Errors. Something seriously bad has happened. Mostly in combination with assert() or an exception. ||
|| 2 || Warnings. The issue is not too bad, but everyone should see that something bad has happened. ||
|| 3 || Informations about what's happening ||
|| 4 || Debug information. Can be quite a lot of text. ||
|| 5 || Verbose debug information. That would be overkill in the shell or console. View the log! ||
|| 6 || Extreme debug information. You better use grep or another regex tool to read a log file for level 6. ||

Every output through COUT will be sent to each the console, the logfile and the [wiki:Shell]. There is a [wiki:howto/ConfigFile configurable] maximal output level for every device. If the level of your output is > the maximal level of a device, it wont be displayed. But don't use COUT(0) all the time, because the user SHOULD be able to deactivate your output unless it's REALLY important.

For more information, see [wiki:Debug].