# log

Writes a message to the `Lua` log type.

## Syntax

    log( message )

## Arguments

Argument | Description
--- | ---
`message` | The message to log.

## Example

    log("something important happened")

You can log properties of the records being processed. If you provide multiple arguments they are written to the log file separated by tabs:

    log("Processing face with ID", faceRecord.IdentityData.identifier)

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