How to display a value of Object in JavaScript?

Question

I'm using VS Code as text editor for JavaScript, and Node.js for debugging my codes. When I debug the following code I get something called Object, I suppose it refers to something, but why doesn't it display what it refers to, and how can I do it? Is it related to my code?

function arrayToList(array) {
    let list = null;
    for (let i = array.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
      list = {value: array[i], rest: list};
    }
    return list;
}
let a = arrayToList([1,3]);
console.log(a);

This is the result (I also added a screen shot of it):

> Object {value: 1, rest: Object}

Does this answer your question? [How can I get the full object in Node.js's console.log(), rather than '\[Object\]'?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/10729276/how-can-i-get-the-full-object-in-node-jss-console-log-rather-than-object) — slim, Jan 29 '20 at 15:11
JSON objects can be accessed by `.` e.g: `a.value` this will print 1 — Najam Us Saqib, Jan 29 '20 at 15:12

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 29 '20 at 15:15

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Vs code will only show the top levels. It wont show an object inside of an object. But you can do something like this to still show the entire object:

console.log(JSON.stringify(a));

OR:

console.log(a.rest)

answered Jan 29 '20 at 15:15

Kevin.a

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 29 '20 at 15:14

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Try

console.log(JSON.stringify(a)) Or

console.log(a.rest)

answered Jan 29 '20 at 15:14

Shubham Srivastava

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How to display a value of Object in JavaScript?

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