Greetings
1. use this bit of infinately useful code:
hint format ["this is the contents of the variable: %1", _Var1]
Explanation: the text in the speech marks can be anything you want. It must have %1 where you want to display the contents of your variable. The bit after the speechmarks shows what will display in %1 (in this case, the contents of _Var1).
If you want multiple variables:
hint format ["var1 = %1, var2= %2", var1, var2]
Remember, the text in speechmarks can be whatever you want, as long as it has %1, %2... in it.
Hope this helps. If you need any more explanation, i'll be around somewhere.
-Supreme Commander PsyWarrior
-Psychic Productions