Extensions for the default mel print statements to add new lines (println) and enable single line, formatted array printing (printarray)

printextensions.mel.c

//---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Source: https://gist.github.com/jm991/
// print methods for Maya 2017
// Author: John Mac
// Date: 10-29-2017
//
// Description: 
// 		Extensions for the default mel print statements to add new lines (println) and enable single line, formatted array printing (printarray)
// 		https://help.autodesk.com/cloudhelp/2018/ENU/Maya-Tech-Docs/Commands/print.html
// Installation: 
// 		1. 	Copy printextensions.mel to C:\Users\[USER]\Documents\maya\[MAYAVERSION]\prefs\scripts\jm991
// 		2. 	Restart maya
global proc printarray( string $options[] )
{
	int $i = 0;
	int $numOptions = size($options);
    
	print "[";
    
	for ($option in $options)
	{
		print ($option);
		if ($i < $numOptions - 1)
		{
			print ", ";
		}
        
		$i++;
	}
    
	print "]";    
	print "\r\n";
}

global proc println( string $option )
{
	print $option;
	print "\r\n";
}


/*
// MEL examples
$allDescendents = `listRelatives -allDescendents $node`;
print $allDescendents;
// head_geo
// body_geo
// legs_geo
printarray($allDescendents);
// [head_geo, body_geo, legs_geo]
*/

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