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var a = { test: "text" };
var b = a;

log(a);
log(b);

function log(obj) {
...
}

What gets passed to “log”? a, b, or { test: “text” }? The answer is { test: “text” }. and { test: “text” } does not have a name property.

Well, I suppose it could have a name property:

var a = { test: "text", name: "ralph" };

… but it wouldn’t have anything to do with the name of the variable. :slight_smile:

By the way, MDN is my go-to reference source.

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Assuming you mean a text expansion, I think you're probably right here.

So, I'd enter the object variable name, like "kmResults", and it would type:

logObj(kmResults, "kmResults");

where I have:

function logObj(o, name) {
    console.log((name ? name + ": " : "") + JSON.stringify(o, null, 2));
}

Good enough!

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I know you guys can, and probably will, write your own macros for this, but for any interested readers, here's my simple macro:

###MACRO:   Paste logObject Function in JavaScript

~~~ VER: 1.0    2016-08-25 ~~~

####DOWNLOAD:
Paste logObject Function in JavaScript.kmmacros (3.6 KB)

###ReleaseNotes

TRIGGER: Typed String of:
;lo.ObjectVarName
followed by a [SPACE]

EXAMPLE:
;lo.kmResults

Assumes the log function name is:
logObject(Object, "ObjectName");

###Example Results

logObject(kmResults, "kmResults");

###logObject function

Just for completeness, here's the function I use:

function logObject(pObject, pObjectName) {
    console.log(pObjectName + ": " + JSON.stringify(pObject, null, 2));
}