###### (This is the legacy documentation for stable SDL2, the current stable version; [SDL3](https://wiki.libsdl.org/SDL3/) is the current development version.)
# SDL_LogMessage

Log a message with the specified category and priority.

## Header File

Defined in [SDL_log.h](https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL/blob/SDL2/include/SDL_log.h), but apps should _only_ `#include "SDL.h"`!

## Syntax

```c
void SDL_LogMessage(int category,
                    SDL_LogPriority priority,
                    SDL_PRINTF_FORMAT_STRING const char *fmt, ...) SDL_PRINTF_VARARG_FUNC(3);

```

## Function Parameters

|                  |                                                                       |
| ---------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **category**     | the category of the message                                           |
| **priority**     | the priority of the message                                           |
| **fmt**          | a printf() style message format string                                |
| **...**          | additional parameters matching % tokens in the **fmt** string, if any |

## Version

This function is available since SDL 2.0.0.

## See Also

* [SDL_Log](SDL_Log)
* [SDL_LogCritical](SDL_LogCritical)
* [SDL_LogDebug](SDL_LogDebug)
* [SDL_LogError](SDL_LogError)
* [SDL_LogInfo](SDL_LogInfo)
* [SDL_LogMessageV](SDL_LogMessageV)
* [SDL_LogVerbose](SDL_LogVerbose)
* [SDL_LogWarn](SDL_LogWarn)

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