[AC-3303] Ti API: log support for multiple arguments

GitHub Issue	n/a
Type	Improvement
Priority	n/a
Status	Closed
Resolution	Won't Fix
Resolution Date	2012-01-05T09:39:38.000+0000
Affected Version/s	n/a
Fix Version/s	n/a
Components	Studio
Labels	tc-more-info
Reporter	Sindre Sorhus
Assignee	Shak Hossain
Created	2011-10-19T11:07:04.000+0000
Updated	2016-03-08T07:57:43.000+0000

Description

Feature Request

Add support for multiple arguments to logging methods.

Test case

Ti.API.log({sdf:"df"}, [1,3,5,6], "sdfsdf");

Logs

With the above code, you would see the following result:

Object [1,3,5,6] "sdfsdf"

Also see attached image

Attachments

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Comments

Matthew Apperson 2011-10-20

Thank you for raising this ticket. I am afraid we need all the information listed in the [Jira Ticket Checklist](http://wiki.appcelerator.org/display/guides/Contributing+to+Titanium#ContributingtoTitanium-Summary%3AJiraTicketChecklist) in order to accept a ticket. Once this ticket is complete, we can move it to the main project. Thank you
Sindre Sorhus 2011-10-21

Fixed.
Sindre Sorhus 2012-01-02

Can someone reopen this?
Paul Dowsett 2012-01-02

Sindre Please ensure your requests are consistent. For instance, the example code produces the results you've included. I will escalate this now. Thanks for raising it. Thank you
Paul Dowsett 2012-01-02

On second thoughts, I agree with the reasons that I presume Matt marked this as invalid, although he should have provided his reasons. Arguments can be concatenated in Javascript. For example: Ti.API.log({sdf:"df"} + ' ' + [1,3,5,6] + ' ' + "sdfsdf"); Why isn't this sufficient?
Paul Dowsett 2012-01-05

Thanks for your input here. Having verified with one of our engineering project leads, the above solution is the recommended approach. I'm closing this ticket now.

Paul Dowsett 2012-01-05

Sindre I realise that you are capable of writing this, but a colleague of mine kindly wrote it for you. It's not been tested, but I am sure it's almost there. Cheers

   exports.log = function() {
       var log = '';
       for(var i = 0, len = arguments.length; i < len; i++){
           switch(typeof(arguments[i])) {
               case 'object':
               case 'array':
                   log += ' '+JSON.stringify(arguments[i]);
               break;
               case 'string':
               case 'number':
                   log += ' '+arguments[i];
               break;
               case 'boolean':
                   log += ' '+ (arguments[i]) ? 'true' : 'false';
               break;
               case 'undefined':
                   log += ' undefined';
               break;
               default:
                   log += ' null';
           }
       }
       Ti.API.info(log);
   };

   var console = require('/logger');
   console.log({sdf:"df"}, [1,3,5,6], "sdfsdf");

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