JavaScript debugging dump method, similar to PHP print_r

dump.js

/**
* 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;
}