Is there a shortcut for wrapping a statement with system.out.println in IntelliJ

Question

It appears to me that sometimes I want to print the values of a variable, so I repeat the following actions:

1. write sout TAB (shortcut for system.out.println)
2. write the variable name inside the function

Is it possible in IntelliJ to wrap a variable with a function, using keyboard shortcuts only?

Answer 1

In Intellij Idea 13.1, there is a shortcut way called "postfix code completion".

So, to wrap an expression, object or variable with System.out.println, you simply write its name, put a dot then write sout, then hit tab. So, for example:

new MyObject().sout + <tab>   

will be converted to

System.out.println(new MyObject()) 

More examples:

"Hello World!".sout  int myVariable = 5; myVariable.sout 

You can get more information about postfix completions on this page: http://blog.jetbrains.com/idea/2014/03/postfix-completion/