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at February 20, 2010 14:01 by sneaks
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/** * Function : dump() * Arguments: The data - array,hash(associative array),object * The level - OPTIONAL * Returns : The textual representation of the array. * This function was inspired by the print_r function of PHP. * This will accept some data as the argument and return a * text that will be a more readable version of the * array/hash/object that is given. * Docs: http://www.openjs.com/scripts/others/dump_function_php_print_r.php */ function dump(arr,level) { var dumped_text = ""; if(!level) level = 0; //The padding given at the beginning of the line. var level_padding = ""; for(var j=0;j<level+1;j++) level_padding += " "; if(typeof(arr) == 'object') { //Array/Hashes/Objects for(var item in arr) { var value = arr[item]; if(typeof(value) == 'object') { //If it is an array, dumped_text += level_padding + "'" + item + "' ...\n"; dumped_text += dump(value,level+1); } else { dumped_text += level_padding + "'" + item + "' => \"" + value + "\"\n"; } } } else { //Stings/Chars/Numbers etc. dumped_text = "===>"+arr+"<===("+typeof(arr)+")"; } return dumped_text; }
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javascript version of php print_r() alert(dump(obj));
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dump array/object contents
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JavaScript