// Examples and understanding of console object. Include console methods like // info, log, debug, warn, error, exception, trace, clear, asserts, group, groupCollapsed, groupEnd, time, timeEnd. // Useful in debugging and exclusively made for JavaScript files. // To view the logs click on Developer -> script logs [logs on debug window] and for text file logs go to Logs/log file. main(); function main() { var someObject = { str: "Some text", id: 5 }; var someValue = 5; // console.info examples console.info("[console.info] Hello World."); console.info(5 + 6); console.info(someObject.str); console.info(a = 2 * 6); console.info(someValue); console.info('someObject id ' + someObject.id); console.info('Hello World ', 'someObject.id = ', someObject.id, "a = 2 * 6 = ", a = 2 * 6); // console.log examples console.log("[console.log] Hello World"); console.log(5 + 6); console.log(someObject.str); console.log(a = 2 * 6); console.log(someValue); console.log('someObject id ' + someObject.id); console.log('Hello World ', 'someObject.id = ', someObject.id, "a = 2 * 6 = ", a = 2 * 6); // console.debug examples console.debug("[console.debug] Hello World."); console.debug(5 + 6); console.debug(someObject.str); console.debug(a = 2 * 6); console.debug(someValue); console.debug('someObject id ' + someObject.id); console.debug('Hello World ', 'someObject.id = ', someObject.id, "a = 2 * 6 = ", a = 2 * 6); // console.warn examples console.warn("[console.warn] This is warning message."); console.warn(5 + 6); console.warn(someObject.str); console.warn(a = 2 * 6); console.warn(someValue); console.warn('someObject id ' + someObject.id); console.warn('Hello World ', 'someObject.id = ', someObject.id, "a = 2 * 6 = ", a = 2 * 6); // console.error examples console.error('An error occurred!'); console.error('An error occurred! ', 'Value = ', someValue); console.error('An error occurred! ' + 'Value = ' + someValue); // console.exception examples console.exception('An exception occurred!'); console.exception('An exception occurred! ', 'Value = ', someValue); console.exception('An exception occurred! ' + 'Value = ' + someValue); // console.trace examples function fooA() { function fooB() { function fooC() { console.trace(); } fooC(); } fooB(); } fooA(); // console.assert() examples var valA = 1, valB = "1"; console.assert(valA === valB, "Value A doesn't equal to B"); console.assert(valA === valB); console.assert(5 === 5, "5 equals to 5"); console.assert(5 === 5); console.assert(5 > 6, "5 is not greater than 6"); console.assert(5 > 6, "5 is not greater than 6", "This assertion will fail"); // console.group() examples. console.group("Group 1"); console.log("Sentence 1"); console.log("Sentence 2"); console.group("Group 2"); console.log("Sentence 3"); console.log("Sentence 4"); console.groupCollapsed("Group 3"); console.log("Sentence 5"); console.log("Sentence 6"); console.groupEnd(); console.log("Sentence 7"); console.groupEnd(); console.log("Sentence 8"); console.groupEnd(); console.log("Sentence 9"); // console.time(),console.timeEnd() examples console.time('MyTimer'); // Do some process sleep(1000); console.timeEnd('MyTimer'); // use console.clear() to clean Debug Window logs // console.clear(); } function sleep(milliseconds) { var start = new Date().getTime(); for (var i = 0; i < 1e7; i++) { if ((new Date().getTime() - start) > milliseconds){ break; } } }