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Is there a way to determine which print statement produces a line of output in a python terminal? The use case is a large body of code across multiple files wherein it would be difficult or time-consuming to track down the specific line resulting in a printed statement. As a result, during runtime, I can't tell where the print statements are being executed from.

DerekG
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  • use `grep` in a linux or `findstr` https://mkyong.com/linux/grep-for-windows-findstr-example/ – azro Oct 09 '20 at 20:26
  • Use a debugger? – OneCricketeer Oct 09 '20 at 20:28
  • Can't use grep or findstr because the output is a variable which is converted to a string rather than a string literal, so you'd need to know the variable name rather than the variable value (which is printed) to search it – DerekG Oct 09 '20 at 20:42

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My recommendation would be import logging and use that rather than using print

Then configure it to include line numbers and module names

OneCricketeer
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A simple way to tell would be to just add some indicators, whether they be line numbers or the context surrounding the print statement:

print('put info here and this statement was executed from line x in file x')
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Kevin Sheng
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