jsConsoleApiReference

Javascript console api reference is page with functions of console object and descriptions of browser and platform support of its.

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-⊝- — method is not used in this environment;
± — method is used, but implemented with features or partially;
+ — full implementation.

Description of the methods and the list of browsers and platforms support

<table class="jCAR"><tr> <th></th> <th><div class="divIn"><img src="img/iconChrome.png"/></div><div class="divIn"> Chrome</div></th> <th><div class="divIn"><img src="img/iconFirebug.png"/></div><div class="divIn"> Firebug</div></th> <th><div class="divIn"><img src="img/iconFirefox.png"/></div><div class="divIn"> Firefox</div></th> <th><div class="divIn"><img src="img/iconIe.png"/></div><div class="divIn"> IE</div></th> <th><div class="divIn"><img src="img/iconNodejs.png"/></div><div class="divIn"> Node.js</div></th> <th><div class="divIn"><img src="img/iconSafari.png"/></div><div class="divIn"> Safari</div></th> <th class="abbr"><div class="divIn"><img src="img/iconOpera.png"/></div><div class="divIn"> Opera</div></th> </tr><tr><td colspan="8"><dl><dt>assert(expression[, object, ...])</dt><dd>If false, it displays console.error, else nothing.</dd></dl></td> </tr><tr> <td></td> <td>  +</td> <td>  +</td> <td><a target="_blank" href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Console/assert">  +</a> (28+)</td> <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ie/hh772171%28v=vs.85%29.aspx">  +</a></td> <td>  +</td> <td>  +</td> <td class="abbr">  ±</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="8"><dl><dt>clear()</dt><dd>Clears console window.</dd></dl></td> </tr><tr> <td></td> <td>  +</td> <td>  +</td> <td>-⊝-</td> <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ie/jj152131%28v=vs.85%29.aspx">  +</a></td> <td>-⊝-</td> <td>  +</td> <td>  +</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="8"><dl><dt>count([object])</dt><dd>It displays the number of passes of a given point code every time. If there is an argument object, it is displayed object.toString() before the counter.</dd></dl></td> </tr><tr> <td></td> <td>  +</td> <td>  +</td> <td><a target="_blank" href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Console/count">  +</a> (30+)</td> <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ie/dn265064%28v=vs.85%29.aspx">  +</a></td> <td>-⊝-</td> <td>  +</td> <td class="abbr">± ...</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="8"><dl><dt>debug(object[, object, ...])</dt><dd>The equivalent of console.log for compatibility with the old version of the object console, where .debug shows additonal link on the line of code, from which method was called.</dd></dl></td> </tr><tr> <td><div class="def2">   equals .log()</div></td> <td>  +</td> <td>  +</td> <td>  +</td> <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ie/dn265066%28v=vs.85%29.aspx">  +</a></td> <td>-⊝-</td> <td>  +</td> <td class="abbr">± ...</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="8"><dl><dt>dir(object)</dt><dd>object it appears as a Javascript-object (for DOM-elements shows all of its attributes and methods). %O works in console.log in Chrome similarly.</dd></dl></td> </tr><tr> <td></td> <td>  +</td> <td>  +</td> <td><a target="_blank" href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Console/dir">  +</a> (8+)</td> <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ie/jj152132%28v=vs.85%29.aspx">  +</a> (9+)</td> <td>  +</td> <td>  +</td> <td class="abbr">  +</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="8"><dl><dt>dirxml(object)</dt><dd>Outputs XML code of object.</dd></dl></td> </tr><tr> <td></td> <td>  +</td> <td>  +</td> <td>-⊝-</td> <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ie/dn265067%28v=vs.85%29.aspx">  +</a> (11+)</td> <td>-⊝-</td> <td>  +</td> <td class="abbr">± ...</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="8"><dl><dt>error(object[, object, ...])</dt><dd>Sends an error message to the console and console.trace for the position from which it was called (without stopping the execution of the program). Patterns are supports (%s, %d (%i), %f, %o, %O, %c), as in console.log. Example of tracing the call stack (Firefox 31+): <img src="img/console-stack-traces.png"/></dd></dl></td> </tr><tr> <td></td> <td>  +</td> <td class="abbr">± ...</td> <td class="abbr">  +</td> <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ie/hh772176%28v=vs.85%29.aspx">  +</a> (8+)</td> <td>  +</td> <td>  +</td> <td class="abbr">± ...</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="8"><dl><dt>exception(object[, object, ...])</dt><dd>Equals to .error().</dd></dl></td> </tr><tr> <td><div class="def2">  equal .error()</div></td> <td>-⊝-</td> <td>-⊝-</td> <td><a target="_blank" href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Console/error">  +</a> (28+)</td> <td>-⊝-       </td> <td>-⊝-</td> <td>-⊝-</td> <td>-⊝-</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="8"><dl><

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Description of the methods and the list of browsers and platforms support