comparable function to print_r in as3 - actionscript-3

Question

In php we have the method print_r().
Is there anything similar in as3 to print out an object/array?

Answer 1

I found this:
public function analyze(_obj):void {
var item:Object;
switch (typeof(_obj)){
case "object":
write("<object>");
write(_obj.toString());
for each (item in _obj){
analyze(item);
};
write("</object>");
break;
case "xml":
write("<xml>");
write(_obj);
write("</xml>");
break;
default:
write(_obj + " (" + typeof(_obj) + ")");
break;
};
} // analyze()
public function write(_obj):void{
trace(_obj);
} // END write()

Answer 2

Check out [ObjectUtil.toString](http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/3/langref/mx/utils/ObjectUtil.html#toString()).

Answer 3

Here's another example:
public function rTrace(obj:*, tab:Number=0):void {
if(tab > 10) return;
for(var key:String in obj) {
if(typeof(obj[key]) == "object" || obj[key] is Array) {
tr(doTab(tab)+key+"["+typeof(obj[key])+"]= {");
rTrace(obj[key], tab+2);
tr(doTab(tab)+"}");
} else
tr(doTab(tab)+key+"["+typeof(obj[key])+"]="+obj[key]);
}
}
private function doTab(n:Number):String {
var out:String = "";
for(var i:Number=0; i<n; i++)
out += " ";
return out;
}
private function tr(msg:String):void {
trace(msg);
}
Example usage:
var test:Object = {id:"asdf", count:17,
childs:[1,2,7,39], tasks:{task_1:"test", task_2:true}};
rTrace(test);
Gives the output:
tasks[object]= {
task_2[boolean]=true
task_1[string]=test
}
count[number]=17
childs[object]= {
0[number]=1
1[number]=2
2[number]=7
3[number]=39
}
id[string]=asdf