--- title: Fun with console.log() 💿 | daily.dev description: The method prints objects/ arrays as a neatly formatted tables. Sections can be collapsed and expanded in the console, but you can also have a section... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/fun-with-console-log--cpkf7vhin twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Fun with console.log() 💿 | daily.dev og:description: The method prints objects/ arrays as a neatly formatted tables. Sections can be collapsed and expanded in the console, but you can also have a section... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/fun-with-console-log--cpkf7vhin og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/cpkf7VHin.png og:image:alt: Fun with console.log() 💿 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Fun with console.log() 💿 **[Community Picks](https://daily.dev/sources/community)** · [@lissy93](https://daily.dev/lissy93) · 7 min read · 210 upvotes · 20 comments ## Summary The method prints objects/ arrays as a neatly formatted tables. Sections can be collapsed and expanded in the console, but you can also have a section collapsed by default, by using instead of. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@saschabochum** · 2 upvotes > I used sometimes the formatted console output. To present some eastereggs to som experienced user. That's quite funny sometimes. **@funmulajohn** · 1 upvotes > nice **@hajraismail** · 1 upvotes > Interesting one **@vikasganiga05** · 1 upvotes > Awesome! 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To present some eastereggs to som experienced user. 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Thanks for sharing.","datePublished":"2023-08-02T19:52:03.912Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/cpkf7VHin#c-JxZoYWxYb","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Vikas Ganiga","url":"https://daily.dev/vikasganiga05","image":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/74750414?v=4"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"Nice pick","datePublished":"2022-11-26T08:15:08.027Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/cpkf7VHin#c-8LsjLcxdU","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Amy","url":"https://daily.dev/amy11","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/v1668152747/avatars/avatar_gtwj6vkAfBFpXng6dO6Op.jpg"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1}}]} ```