Converting an object to a string

Question

How can I convert a JavaScript object into a string?

Example:

var o = {a:1, b:2}
console.log(o)
console.log(\'Item: \' + o)

Output:

Answer 1

There is actually one easy option (for recent browsers and Node.js) missing in the existing answers:

console.log('Item: %o', o);

I would prefer this as JSON.stringify() has certain limitations (e.g. with circular structures).