Alert the object

Question

I am setting an object like this:

n.name = n.name.join(String.fromCharCode(255));
n.description = n.description.join(String.fromCharCode(255));

I want to be able to alert(n); but it tells me [Object]

Is there a way to alert complete object?

Answer 1

Javascript supports adding a toString() function to your objects. This will get called when you alert your object. For example:

n.toString = function(){
    return this.name + '\n' + this.description;
}

then alert(n); will display whatever content your function specifies.