Javascript print_r dump function

print_r functionality of PHP in JavaScript. Here is the function called dump will give the result of objects and arrays. You can view JavaScript Objects and JavaScript arrays by calling dump function.



/**
 * 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.
 */
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;
}