node js function return [object Object] instead of a string value

Question

i am quiet new to java script and node js, i am trying to get a value from a MySQL DB, and the return value is [object Object] instead of a string. i didn\'t really found any a

Answer 1

I also encountered this issue, running the following code in a node.js terminal in conjunction with "watchman-make" (watchman-make: see comments in first answer at https://www.quora.com/What-IDEs-are-available-for-node-js-development-on-Linux).

The following code (with node.js output shown) illustrates the points made in the accepted answer/comments:

function arrayToList(array) {
  var list = {};
  for (var i = array.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
    list = {value: array[i], rest: list};
  }
  return list;
};

console.log(arrayToList( [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] ));
// { value: 1,
//  rest: { value: 2, rest: { value: 3, rest: [Object] } } }

// '[Object]' ?
// http://stackoverflow.com/questions/34264800/node-js-function-return-object-object-instead-of-a-string-value

var obj = arrayToList([1, 2, 3, 4, 5]);

console.log('%j', obj);
// {"value":1,"rest":{"value":2,"rest":{"value":3,"rest":{"value":4,"rest":{"value":5,"rest":null}}}}}

console.log(JSON.stringify(obj));
// {"value":1,"rest":{"value":2,"rest":{"value":3,"rest":{"value":4,"rest":{"value":5,"rest":null}}}}}