<script type="text/javascript">     
function dump(obj) {
    var out = "";
    if(obj && typeof(obj) == "object"){
        for (var i in obj) {
            out += i + ": " + obj[i] + "\n";
        }
    } else {
        out = obj;
    }
    alert(out);
}
</script>

<script type="text/javascript">
/**
* Function : var_dump()
* Arguments: The data - array,hash( associative array),object
* The level - OPTIONAL
* Returns  : The textual representation of the array.
* This function was inspired by the print_r function of PHP.
* This will accept some data as the argument and return a
* text that will be a more readable version of the
* array/hash/object that is given.
* Docs: http://www.openjs.com/scripts/others/dump_function_php_print_r.php
*/

function var_dump(arr,level) {
var dumped_text = "";
if(!level) level = 0;
//The padding given at the beginning of the line.
var level_padding = "";
for(var j=0;j<level+1;j++) level_padding += "    ";
if(typeof(arr) == 'object') { //Array/Hashes/Objects
for(var item in arr) {
var value = arr[item];
if(typeof(value) == 'object') {
dumped_text += level_padding + "'" + item + "' ...\n";
dumped_text += var_dump(value,level+1);
} else {
dumped_text += level_padding + "'" + item + "' => \"" + value + "\"\n";
}
}
} else { //Stings/Chars/Numbers etc.
dumped_text = "===>"+arr+"<===("+typeof(arr)+")";
}
return dumped_text;
}