# How to pass variable LogCategory to UE\_LOG?

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**Created:** [April 20, 2018, 2:21am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/how-to-pass-variable-logcategory-to-ue-log/423108 "2018-04-20T02:21:54Z")\
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You need to declare log category first, you can read about it here:

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If you want to do easy quick debug you can also use GLog-\>Log(FString) which is easiest way to log but bypass advance log features.

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