# Using PUTS to send message to console **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [November 12, 2005, 12:49pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/using-puts-to-send-message-to-console/47913 "2005-11-12T12:49:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1

**Author:** ![pixelmech](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/df788c/32.png) [@pixelmech](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/pixelmech)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2005, 12:49pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/using-puts-to-send-message-to-console/47913/1 "2005-11-12T12:49:15Z")

Hi, I’m having trouble with my card not working correctly (not adding to quantity instead of adding full new line item) so I figured I would output some messages to the console to see what clause I am in, so I tried this: def add\_product(product) item = @items.find {|i| i.product\_id == product.id} if item puts “if clause” item.quantity += 1 else puts “else clause” item = LineItem.for\_product(product) @items \<\< item end @total\_price += product.price puts “end” end but the puts messages are not showing up…is this not a technique that will work? Is there some other way I can write to the console? Hopefully this is my last dumb question of the evening. Tom [http://www.pixelmech.com/](http://www.pixelmech.com/) ---

Tom Dell’Aringa wrote: > but the puts messages are not showing up…is this not a technique > that will work? Is there some other way I can write to the console? When runnign Webrick it should “work”, ie display the output in the Webrick console window. When running FastCGI I hear rumours it’ll crash the FastCGI handler. Undefined results outside of those two scenarios, I guess. A better way to go about it would probably be to add to your logfile: logger.info(“if clause”) ---

— Jakob S. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Tom Dell’Aringa wrote: > > > but the puts messages are not showing up…is this not a technique > > that will work? Is there some other way I can write to the console? > > When runnign Webrick it should “work”, ie display the output in the > Webrick console window. When running FastCGI I hear rumours it’ll crash > the FastCGI handler. Undefined results outside of those two scenarios, I > guess. I’m not using FastCGI and am using Webrick. > A better way to go about it would probably be to add to your logfile: > > logger.info(“if clause”) Makes sense, but I got this error when trying it: undefined local variable or method `logger’ for #\ Do I have to declare logger somehow? Tom [http://www.pixelmech.com/](http://www.pixelmech.com/) ---

puts never worked for me with webrick. Try: warn ‘blah blah’ … ---

If you are in a model or controller you access the logger via the logger variable. If you are in a view you access the logger via the @logger variable. [http://wiki.rubyonrails.com/rails/pages/HowtoAccessTheLogFile](http://wiki.rubyonrails.com/rails/pages/HowtoAccessTheLogFile)