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 ## Usage samples
 
+#### Basic usage
+```c++
+#include "spdlog/spdlog.h"
+int main() 
+{
+    spdlog::info("Welcome to spdlog!");
+    spdlog::error("Some error message with arg: {}", 1);
+    
+    spdlog::warn("Easy padding in numbers like {:08d}", 12);
+    spdlog::critical("Support for int: {0:d};  hex: {0:x};  oct: {0:o}; bin: {0:b}", 42);
+    spdlog::info("Support for floats {:03.2f}", 1.23456);
+    spdlog::info("Positional args are {1} {0}..", "too", "supported");
+    spdlog::info("{:<30}", "left aligned");
+    
+    spdlog::set_level(spdlog::level::debug/ Set global log level to debug
+    spdlog::debug("This message should be displayed..");    
+    
+    // change log pattern
+    spdlog::set_pattern("[%H:%M:%S %z] [%n] [%^---%L---%$] [thread %t] %v");
+    
+    // Compile time log levels
+    // define SPDLOG_ACTIVE_LEVEL to desired level
+    SPDLOG_TRACE("Some trace message with param {}", {});
+    SPDLOG_DEBUG("Some debug message");
+        
+}
+```
+#### create stdout/stderr logger object
 ```c++
 #include "spdlog/spdlog.h"
 #include "spdlog/sinks/stdout_color_sinks.h"
 void stdout_example()
 {
     // create color multi threaded logger
-    auto console = spdlog::stdout_color_mt("console");
-    console->info("Welcome to spdlog!");
-    console->error("Some error message with arg: {}", 1);
-
-    auto err_logger = spdlog::stderr_color_mt("stderr");
-    err_logger->error("Some error message");
-
-    // Formatting examples
-    console->warn("Easy padding in numbers like {:08d}", 12);
-    console->critical("Support for int: {0:d};  hex: {0:x};  oct: {0:o}; bin: {0:b}", 42);
-    console->info("Support for floats {:03.2f}", 1.23456);
-    console->info("Positional args are {1} {0}..", "too", "supported");
-    console->info("{:<30}", "left aligned");
-
+    auto console = spdlog::stdout_color_mt("console");    
+    auto err_logger = spdlog::stderr_color_mt("stderr");    
     spdlog::get("console")->info("loggers can be retrieved from a global registry using the spdlog::get(logger_name)");
-
-    // Runtime log levels
-    spdlog::set_level(spdlog::level::info); // Set global log level to info
-    console->debug("This message should not be displayed!");
-    console->set_level(spdlog::level::trace); // Set specific logger's log level
-    console->debug("This message should be displayed..");
-
-    // Customize msg format for all loggers
-    spdlog::set_pattern("[%H:%M:%S %z] [%n] [%^---%L---%$] [thread %t] %v");
-    console->info("This an info message with custom format");
-
-    // Compile time log levels
-    // define SPDLOG_DEBUG_ON or SPDLOG_TRACE_ON
-    SPDLOG_TRACE(console, "Enabled only #ifdef SPDLOG_TRACE_ON..{} ,{}", 1, 3.23);
-    SPDLOG_DEBUG(console, "Enabled only #ifdef SPDLOG_DEBUG_ON.. {} ,{}", 1, 3.23);
 }
 ```
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