# How to write debug messages?
**URL:** https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-to-write-debug-messages/2766
**Category:** The Garage
**Created:** [August 20, 2013, 12:07pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-to-write-debug-messages/2766 "2013-08-20T12:07:07Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@LazyCat-rus](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/LazyCat-rus)
#### Post date: [August 20, 2013, 12:07pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-to-write-debug-messages/2766/1 "2013-08-20T12:07:07Z")
I need write some debug messages to file. How to do it without pain?
I tryed use dbg like that: dbg(D\_INFO) \<\< string\_fprmat("%s/%s), s1, s2). But my logg.txt is almost empty.
I’m doing it wrong?
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### Author:  [@1942rob](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/1942rob)
#### Post date: [August 20, 2013, 3:27pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-to-write-debug-messages/2766/2 "2013-08-20T15:27:42Z")
Use DebugLog() \<\< “SomeText” \<\< someValue;
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### Author:  [@LazyCat-rus](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/LazyCat-rus)
#### Post date: [August 20, 2013, 4:32pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-to-write-debug-messages/2766/3 "2013-08-20T16:32:43Z")
> Use DebugLog() \<\< "SomeText" \<\< someValue;
Thank you. It's work.
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### Author:  [@GlyphGryph](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/GlyphGryph)
#### Post date: [August 20, 2013, 4:49pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-to-write-debug-messages/2766/4 "2013-08-20T16:49:39Z")
Since there were some inaccurate accusations in this thread, they’ve been deleted. Carry on.