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Basic JavaScript print_r() method (minified).
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print_r.js
var print_r=function(x,max,sep,l){l=l||0;max=max||10;sep=sep||' ';if(l>max){return"[WARNING: Too much recursion]\n"}var i,r='',t=typeof x,tab='';if(x===null){r+="(null)\n"}else if(t=='object'){l++;for(i=0;i<l;i++){tab+=sep}if(x&&x.length){t='array'}r+='('+t+") :\n";for(i in x){try{r+=tab+'['+i+'] : '+print_r(x[i],max,sep,(l+1))}catch(e){return"[ERROR: "+e+"]\n"}}}else{if(t=='string'){if(x==''){x='(empty)'}}r+='('+t+') '+x+"\n"}return r};var_dump=print_r;
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