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title: "Basic Routines"
canonical: "https://support.appfire.com/space/PSCONF/15302938/Basic%20Routines"
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> Macro (aura-html)

> Macro (excerpt)
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> This section contains routines that provide basic language behavior.

## Routines Summary

- [isNotNull](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/PSCONF/pages/15302996) — Checks if the provided variable is not null or has a value associated and returns true. Otherwise returns false.
- [isNull](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/PSCONF/pages/15302971) — Checks if the provided variable is null or has no value associated then returns "true", otherwise returns "false".
- [logPrint](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/PSCONF/pages/15302973) — Prints a message in the configured Jira logs on the specified level: TRACE, DEBUG, INFO, WARN, ERROR, FATAL.
- [print](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/PSCONF/pages/15302818) — Returns the printable string in the application log.