http://snippets.dzone.com/posts Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:45:48 GMT DZone Snippets: var_dump code http://snippets.dzone.com/posts/show/4296 Same as var_dump for PHP, but for JavaScript. Useful if you do not have Firebug. <br /> <br />A typical useage: <br /> <br />document.write(var_dump(ANY-JS-VAR,'html')); <br /> <br /><code> <br /> function var_dump(data,addwhitespace,safety,level) { <br /> var rtrn = ''; <br /> var dt,it,spaces = ''; <br /> if(!level) {level = 1;} <br /> for(var i=0; i<level; i++) { <br /> spaces += ' '; <br /> }//end for i<level <br /> if(typeof(data) != 'object') { <br /> dt = data; <br /> if(typeof(data) == 'string') { <br /> if(addwhitespace == 'html') { <br /> dt = dt.replace(/&/g,'&amp;'); <br /> dt = dt.replace(/>/g,'&gt;'); <br /> dt = dt.replace(/</g,'&lt;'); <br /> }//end if addwhitespace == html <br /> dt = dt.replace(/\"/g,'\"'); <br /> dt = '"' + dt + '"'; <br /> }//end if typeof == string <br /> if(typeof(data) == 'function' && addwhitespace) { <br /> dt = new String(dt).replace(/\n/g,"\n"+spaces); <br /> if(addwhitespace == 'html') { <br /> dt = dt.replace(/&/g,'&amp;'); <br /> dt = dt.replace(/>/g,'&gt;'); <br /> dt = dt.replace(/</g,'&lt;'); <br /> }//end if addwhitespace == html <br /> }//end if typeof == function <br /> if(typeof(data) == 'undefined') { <br /> dt = 'undefined'; <br /> }//end if typeof == undefined <br /> if(addwhitespace == 'html') { <br /> if(typeof(dt) != 'string') { <br /> dt = new String(dt); <br /> }//end typeof != string <br /> dt = dt.replace(/ /g,"&nbsp;").replace(/\n/g,"<br>"); <br /> }//end if addwhitespace == html <br /> return dt; <br /> }//end if typeof != object && != array <br /> for (var x in data) { <br /> if(safety && (level > safety)) { <br /> dt = '*RECURSION*'; <br /> } else { <br /> try { <br /> dt = var_dump(data[x],addwhitespace,safety,level+1); <br /> } catch (e) {continue;} <br /> }//end if-else level > safety <br /> it = var_dump(x,addwhitespace,safety,level+1); <br /> rtrn += it + ':' + dt + ','; <br /> if(addwhitespace) { <br /> rtrn += '\n'+spaces; <br /> }//end if addwhitespace <br /> }//end for...in <br /> if(addwhitespace) { <br /> rtrn = '{\n' + spaces + rtrn.substr(0,rtrn.length-(2+(level*3))) + '\n' + spaces.substr(0,spaces.length-3) + '}'; <br /> } else { <br /> rtrn = '{' + rtrn.substr(0,rtrn.length-1) + '}'; <br /> }//end if-else addwhitespace <br /> if(addwhitespace == 'html') { <br /> rtrn = rtrn.replace(/ /g,"&nbsp;").replace(/\n/g,"<br>"); <br /> }//end if addwhitespace == html <br /> return rtrn; <br /> }//end function var_dump <br /></code> Thu, 12 Jul 2007 15:29:58 GMT http://snippets.dzone.com/posts/show/4296 singpolyma ()