Unreal Engine 4.x Scripting with C++ Cookbook - Second Edition

How to do it...

In this recipe, we will see how to print in two different ways. First, we will be using FString::Printf():

1. Consider the variables you'd like to be printed into your string. Note what each variable type is.
2. Open and take a look at a reference page of the printf format specifiers, such as http://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/io/c/fprintf. For each variable you want to print, node what the specifier is. For example, %s for a formatted string.
3. Try code such as the following:

FString name = "Tim"; 
int32 mana = 450; 
FString string = FString::Printf( TEXT( "Name = %s Mana =  %d" ), *name, mana );

Notice how the preceding code block uses the format specifiers precisely like the traditional printf function does. In the preceding example, ...