[Solved] Println! during tests only?

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How should I go about having output that is only done during tests? The output would coming from the main code that is being tested, not from the tests themselves.

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A #[cfg(test)] attribute can be used to mark statements that should only be compiled when building for tests.

fn do_thing() -> i32 {
    #[cfg(test)]
    println!("planning to return 5");
    5
}

fn main() {
    do_thing();
}

#[test]
fn test_do_thing() {
    assert_eq!(do_thing(), 5);
}

cargo run   # no output

cargo test -- --nocapture   # message is printed

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Ah, thank you, I didn't realize you could put that on statements.

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