I have a very large array I need to check for debugging purposes, problem is it crashes firebug and the like if I try to view the data.
Is there a way I can dump the array to a text file or something?
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Post the array to the server (json/hidden field normal form post), and use your server-side language to save that array dump to a file.
aularon
2010-09-05 14:13:18
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There are some libraries that can help in writing to files. You can use ActiveX, but that binds you to internet explorer for your debugging and that's kind of outside the javascript world.
CrazyJugglerDrummer
2010-09-05 14:14:26
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If you are using IE you could try copying a string representation of the array to the clipboard.
SimpleCoder
2010-09-05 14:14:53
+2
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Why not just dump it on the document itself? If you are using Firefox, try the following:
document.write(myBigArray.toSource());
Then copy paste like your usually do on normal website.
p/s: toSource() requires browser that supports Javascript 1.3 and above
Lukman
2010-09-05 14:16:51
great. exactly what i needed. cheers.
davivid
2010-09-05 14:39:44
Would that be as near to `php`'s [`print_r()` function](http://php.net/manual/en/function.print-r.php) as JavaScript gets?
David Thomas
2010-10-03 22:58:22
+1
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Opera has scrollable alerts, it's very useful for developing.
EDIT: Tested with success for messages with 500000 lines. You can also copy from it.
pepkin88
2010-09-05 17:49:13