Appender::String(3) User Contributed Perl Documentation Appender::String(3)

# [NAME](#NAME)

Log::Log4perl::Appender::String - Append to a string

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

```
  use Log::Log4perl::Appender::String;
  my $appender = Log::Log4perl::Appender::String->new( 
      name      => 'my string appender',
  );
      # Append to the string
  $appender->log( 
      message => "I'm searching the city for sci-fi wasabi\n" 
  );
      # Retrieve the result
  my $result = $appender->string();
      # Reset the buffer to the empty string
  $appender->string("");
```

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

This is a simple appender used internally by "Log::Log4perl". It appends messages to a scalar instance variable.

# [LICENSE](#LICENSE)

Copyright 2002-2026 by Mike Schilli <m@perlmeister.com> and Kevin Goess <cpan@goess.org>.

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

2026-08-17 perl v5.44.0

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Document: Log::Log4perl::Appender::String(3pm) from perl-log-log4perl 1.58-r1 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://github.com/mschilli/log4perl.git