print-command.md

title	Debug.Print
description	Learn about the Print command and how it evaluates an expression or displays specified text.
ms.date	11/04/2016
ms.topic	reference
f1_keywords	debug.print
helpviewer_keywords	Debug.Print command Print method Print command
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author	Mikejo5000
ms.author	mikejo
ms.subservice	general-ide

Print command

Evaluates an expression or displays specified text.

Syntax

>Debug.Print text

Arguments

text

Required. The expression to evaluate or the text to display.

Remarks

You can use the question mark (?) as an alias for this command. So, for example, the command

>Debug.Print expA

can also be written as

? expA

Both versions of this command return the current value of the expression expA.

Example

>Debug.Print DateTime.Now.Day

See also

• Evaluate Statement Command
• Visual Studio Commands
• Command Window
• Find/Command Box
• Visual Studio Command Aliases