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

Take a look at the jQuery-JSON plugin

At its core, it uses JSON.stringify but falls back to its own parser if the browser doesn't implement it.

Answer 2

I was looking for this, and wrote a deep recursive one with indentation :

function objToString(obj, ndeep) {
  if(obj == null){ return String(obj); }
  switch(typeof obj){
    case "string": return '"'+obj+'"';
    case "function": return obj.name || obj.toString();
    case "object":
      var indent = Array(ndeep||1).join('\t'), isArray = Array.isArray(obj);
      return '{['[+isArray] + Object.keys(obj).map(function(key){
           return '\n\t' + indent + key + ': ' + objToString(obj[key], (ndeep||1)+1);
         }).join(',') + '\n' + indent + '}]'[+isArray];
    default: return obj.toString();
  }
}

Usage : objToString({ a: 1, b: { c: "test" } })

Answer 3

As firefox does not stringify some object as screen object ; if you want to have the same result such as : JSON.stringify(obj) :

function objToString (obj) {
    var tabjson=[];
    for (var p in obj) {
        if (obj.hasOwnProperty(p)) {
            tabjson.push('"'+p +'"'+ ':' + obj[p]);
        }
    }  tabjson.push()
    return '{'+tabjson.join(',')+'}';
}

Answer 4

I hope this example will help for all those who all are working on array of objects

var data_array = [{
                    "id": "0",
                    "store": "ABC"
                },{
                    "id":"1",
                    "store":"XYZ"
                }];
console.log(String(data_array[1]["id"]+data_array[1]["store"]));

Answer 5

One option:

console.log('Item: ' + JSON.stringify(o));

Another option (as soktinpk pointed out in the comments), and better for console debugging IMO:

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

Answer 6

It appears JSON accept the second parameter that could help with functions - replacer, this solves the issue of converting in the most elegant way:

JSON.stringify(object, (key, val) => {
    if (typeof val === 'function') {
      return String(val);
    }
    return val;
  });