i am beginner in JS. i know a little about console.log(). As i know we use console.log() to print something. here i am facing a problem in code but can not get it.the problem is given below
var understand = true;
while( understand )
{
console.log("I'm learning while loops!");
understand = false;
}
i use only once console.log() but here two output appears :
1. I'm learning while loops!
2. false
my question is why it prints false. i don't use any statement to print false so how could it appears and why..?? requesting to help me to figure out the problem. Thank you
I assume you're trying out that code actually in the console? If so you'll notice that as you enter individual statements the console prints whatever the expression evaluates to.
understand = false both sets the value of that variable and evaluates to false.
I further assume you've entered all of that into the console at once, in which case the console is going to show the result of any of your console.log() statements (of course) and the value of the last statement in the code block. Note that if you change it such that the last line executed does something else you will get something other than false output. E.g., the following:
var understand = true;
while( understand )
{
console.log("I'm learning while loops!");
understand = false;
}
var x = 1;
...outputs:
I'm learning while loops!
undefined
...because the var x = 1; statement is undefined if taken as an expression.
When you run this code in your console, it'll probably output false. JS consoles generally output the value of an assignment statement, like understand = false, will be followed by false in the console.
Once you run this code from a script file, it won't log false
Nothing wrong with the code. I guess your executing the code in Developer Console. If yes, Developer Console will print the return value of the code your executing. In your case, it prints the value of understand.
The answer of nnnnnn should be close to the truth, but I have tried with var x = true added to the end of your code, it still gives false printed on Chrome.
Instead, if you put x = true after it (without var), it will print true, so I think it is also related to the scope of the variable. But I am not sure.
I think this question is worth to be discussed and not voted down.
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Every time console.log is executed, a line saying undefined is appended to the output log.
It happens in both Firefox and Chrome on Windows and Linux.
If you're running console.log() from a JS file, this undefined line should not be appended.
If you're running console.log() from the console itself, it makes sense. This is why: In the console you can type a name of a variable (for example try typing window) and it prints info about it. When you run any void function (like console.log) from the console, it also prints out info about the return value, undefined in this case.
I tested both cases on my Chrome (Mac ver 23.0.1271.101) and indeed I see the undefined line when I run it inside the console. This undefined also appears when I write this line in the console: var bla = "sdfdfs"
Although talkol´s answer is ok, I try to put it more straight:
JavaScript is designed as a dynamic language which means that the type (string, void, boolean …) of a function return value is not pre-defined. If a function does not use a return statement or an empty return statement with no value, JavaScript automatically returns undefined. That means that in JavaScript every function returns something, at least undefined.
So the function console.log() in Chrome console either uses no or an empty return statement, so that the return value of this function is undefined. This function return value gets also displayed in the Chrome console.
[If somebody know where to find the definition of the console.log() function in Google Chrome source code, please comment with the link, then we can even go further and look at the real code, would be nice.]
Sources:
https://stackoverflow.com/a/20915524/1744768
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/A_re-introduction_to_JavaScript
Follow the picture to solve this problem:
Ctrl + Shift + J
Console environment in your browser is designed to take the very last statement expression in a program and evaluate it for a value and then show you that value.
The result of an assignment expression is the value that was assigned.
So the JavaScript engine just does an assignment but the console does one extra step which is to set whatever my last statement is, give you that value back. That’s why it prints 2:
In statements that have no return value you get something like undefined.
undefined is the return value of the console.log() in Chrome developer tools. You will get undefined if you do the following in Chrome developer tools, and you will see that you get undefined even though x has the value 3.
> let x = 3
> undefined
What you can do is simply create your own console.log like function with a return to change this behavior when doing a lot of coding in the developer console. Here is an example of what that looks like in the developer console:
console.log('I hate seeing the next line stating the obvious.')
I hate seeing the next line stating the obvious.
undefined
log = function(l){return l}
function log()
if(1 === 2){console.log('1 is not equal to 2.')}else{log('No Shit Sherlock.')}
"No Shit Sherlock."
That undefined you see in console is the return value of the function:
check out these two variants:
This one returns nothing
This one returns something:
Remember one thing. Any function that has some definition will always return something, If you skip the return keyword, it will eventually return undefined when you call it.
If you're using console.log to emit multiple values in a single line, here's a hacky alternative:
var1 + ' ' + var2 + ' ' + var...
(Better ideas welcome, this might blow up in certain circumstances)
Every time console.log is executed, a line saying undefined is appended to the output log.
It happens in both Firefox and Chrome on Windows and Linux.
If you're running console.log() from a JS file, this undefined line should not be appended.
If you're running console.log() from the console itself, it makes sense. This is why: In the console you can type a name of a variable (for example try typing window) and it prints info about it. When you run any void function (like console.log) from the console, it also prints out info about the return value, undefined in this case.
I tested both cases on my Chrome (Mac ver 23.0.1271.101) and indeed I see the undefined line when I run it inside the console. This undefined also appears when I write this line in the console: var bla = "sdfdfs"
Although talkol´s answer is ok, I try to put it more straight:
JavaScript is designed as a dynamic language which means that the type (string, void, boolean …) of a function return value is not pre-defined. If a function does not use a return statement or an empty return statement with no value, JavaScript automatically returns undefined. That means that in JavaScript every function returns something, at least undefined.
So the function console.log() in Chrome console either uses no or an empty return statement, so that the return value of this function is undefined. This function return value gets also displayed in the Chrome console.
[If somebody know where to find the definition of the console.log() function in Google Chrome source code, please comment with the link, then we can even go further and look at the real code, would be nice.]
Sources:
https://stackoverflow.com/a/20915524/1744768
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/A_re-introduction_to_JavaScript
Follow the picture to solve this problem:
Ctrl + Shift + J
Console environment in your browser is designed to take the very last statement expression in a program and evaluate it for a value and then show you that value.
The result of an assignment expression is the value that was assigned.
So the JavaScript engine just does an assignment but the console does one extra step which is to set whatever my last statement is, give you that value back. That’s why it prints 2:
In statements that have no return value you get something like undefined.
undefined is the return value of the console.log() in Chrome developer tools. You will get undefined if you do the following in Chrome developer tools, and you will see that you get undefined even though x has the value 3.
> let x = 3
> undefined
What you can do is simply create your own console.log like function with a return to change this behavior when doing a lot of coding in the developer console. Here is an example of what that looks like in the developer console:
console.log('I hate seeing the next line stating the obvious.')
I hate seeing the next line stating the obvious.
undefined
log = function(l){return l}
function log()
if(1 === 2){console.log('1 is not equal to 2.')}else{log('No Shit Sherlock.')}
"No Shit Sherlock."
That undefined you see in console is the return value of the function:
check out these two variants:
This one returns nothing
This one returns something:
Remember one thing. Any function that has some definition will always return something, If you skip the return keyword, it will eventually return undefined when you call it.
If you're using console.log to emit multiple values in a single line, here's a hacky alternative:
var1 + ' ' + var2 + ' ' + var...
(Better ideas welcome, this might blow up in certain circumstances)
Every time console.log is executed, a line saying undefined is appended to the output log.
It happens in both Firefox and Chrome on Windows and Linux.
If you're running console.log() from a JS file, this undefined line should not be appended.
If you're running console.log() from the console itself, it makes sense. This is why: In the console you can type a name of a variable (for example try typing window) and it prints info about it. When you run any void function (like console.log) from the console, it also prints out info about the return value, undefined in this case.
I tested both cases on my Chrome (Mac ver 23.0.1271.101) and indeed I see the undefined line when I run it inside the console. This undefined also appears when I write this line in the console: var bla = "sdfdfs"
Although talkol´s answer is ok, I try to put it more straight:
JavaScript is designed as a dynamic language which means that the type (string, void, boolean …) of a function return value is not pre-defined. If a function does not use a return statement or an empty return statement with no value, JavaScript automatically returns undefined. That means that in JavaScript every function returns something, at least undefined.
So the function console.log() in Chrome console either uses no or an empty return statement, so that the return value of this function is undefined. This function return value gets also displayed in the Chrome console.
[If somebody know where to find the definition of the console.log() function in Google Chrome source code, please comment with the link, then we can even go further and look at the real code, would be nice.]
Sources:
https://stackoverflow.com/a/20915524/1744768
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/A_re-introduction_to_JavaScript
Follow the picture to solve this problem:
Ctrl + Shift + J
Console environment in your browser is designed to take the very last statement expression in a program and evaluate it for a value and then show you that value.
The result of an assignment expression is the value that was assigned.
So the JavaScript engine just does an assignment but the console does one extra step which is to set whatever my last statement is, give you that value back. That’s why it prints 2:
In statements that have no return value you get something like undefined.
undefined is the return value of the console.log() in Chrome developer tools. You will get undefined if you do the following in Chrome developer tools, and you will see that you get undefined even though x has the value 3.
> let x = 3
> undefined
What you can do is simply create your own console.log like function with a return to change this behavior when doing a lot of coding in the developer console. Here is an example of what that looks like in the developer console:
console.log('I hate seeing the next line stating the obvious.')
I hate seeing the next line stating the obvious.
undefined
log = function(l){return l}
function log()
if(1 === 2){console.log('1 is not equal to 2.')}else{log('No Shit Sherlock.')}
"No Shit Sherlock."
That undefined you see in console is the return value of the function:
check out these two variants:
This one returns nothing
This one returns something:
Remember one thing. Any function that has some definition will always return something, If you skip the return keyword, it will eventually return undefined when you call it.
If you're using console.log to emit multiple values in a single line, here's a hacky alternative:
var1 + ' ' + var2 + ' ' + var...
(Better ideas welcome, this might blow up in certain circumstances)
Every time console.log is executed, a line saying undefined is appended to the output log.
It happens in both Firefox and Chrome on Windows and Linux.
If you're running console.log() from a JS file, this undefined line should not be appended.
If you're running console.log() from the console itself, it makes sense. This is why: In the console you can type a name of a variable (for example try typing window) and it prints info about it. When you run any void function (like console.log) from the console, it also prints out info about the return value, undefined in this case.
I tested both cases on my Chrome (Mac ver 23.0.1271.101) and indeed I see the undefined line when I run it inside the console. This undefined also appears when I write this line in the console: var bla = "sdfdfs"
Although talkol´s answer is ok, I try to put it more straight:
JavaScript is designed as a dynamic language which means that the type (string, void, boolean …) of a function return value is not pre-defined. If a function does not use a return statement or an empty return statement with no value, JavaScript automatically returns undefined. That means that in JavaScript every function returns something, at least undefined.
So the function console.log() in Chrome console either uses no or an empty return statement, so that the return value of this function is undefined. This function return value gets also displayed in the Chrome console.
[If somebody know where to find the definition of the console.log() function in Google Chrome source code, please comment with the link, then we can even go further and look at the real code, would be nice.]
Sources:
https://stackoverflow.com/a/20915524/1744768
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/A_re-introduction_to_JavaScript
Follow the picture to solve this problem:
Ctrl + Shift + J
Console environment in your browser is designed to take the very last statement expression in a program and evaluate it for a value and then show you that value.
The result of an assignment expression is the value that was assigned.
So the JavaScript engine just does an assignment but the console does one extra step which is to set whatever my last statement is, give you that value back. That’s why it prints 2:
In statements that have no return value you get something like undefined.
undefined is the return value of the console.log() in Chrome developer tools. You will get undefined if you do the following in Chrome developer tools, and you will see that you get undefined even though x has the value 3.
> let x = 3
> undefined
What you can do is simply create your own console.log like function with a return to change this behavior when doing a lot of coding in the developer console. Here is an example of what that looks like in the developer console:
console.log('I hate seeing the next line stating the obvious.')
I hate seeing the next line stating the obvious.
undefined
log = function(l){return l}
function log()
if(1 === 2){console.log('1 is not equal to 2.')}else{log('No Shit Sherlock.')}
"No Shit Sherlock."
That undefined you see in console is the return value of the function:
check out these two variants:
This one returns nothing
This one returns something:
Remember one thing. Any function that has some definition will always return something, If you skip the return keyword, it will eventually return undefined when you call it.
If you're using console.log to emit multiple values in a single line, here's a hacky alternative:
var1 + ' ' + var2 + ' ' + var...
(Better ideas welcome, this might blow up in certain circumstances)
Every time console.log is executed, a line saying undefined is appended to the output log.
It happens in both Firefox and Chrome on Windows and Linux.
If you're running console.log() from a JS file, this undefined line should not be appended.
If you're running console.log() from the console itself, it makes sense. This is why: In the console you can type a name of a variable (for example try typing window) and it prints info about it. When you run any void function (like console.log) from the console, it also prints out info about the return value, undefined in this case.
I tested both cases on my Chrome (Mac ver 23.0.1271.101) and indeed I see the undefined line when I run it inside the console. This undefined also appears when I write this line in the console: var bla = "sdfdfs"
Although talkol´s answer is ok, I try to put it more straight:
JavaScript is designed as a dynamic language which means that the type (string, void, boolean …) of a function return value is not pre-defined. If a function does not use a return statement or an empty return statement with no value, JavaScript automatically returns undefined. That means that in JavaScript every function returns something, at least undefined.
So the function console.log() in Chrome console either uses no or an empty return statement, so that the return value of this function is undefined. This function return value gets also displayed in the Chrome console.
[If somebody know where to find the definition of the console.log() function in Google Chrome source code, please comment with the link, then we can even go further and look at the real code, would be nice.]
Sources:
https://stackoverflow.com/a/20915524/1744768
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/A_re-introduction_to_JavaScript
Follow the picture to solve this problem:
Ctrl + Shift + J
Console environment in your browser is designed to take the very last statement expression in a program and evaluate it for a value and then show you that value.
The result of an assignment expression is the value that was assigned.
So the JavaScript engine just does an assignment but the console does one extra step which is to set whatever my last statement is, give you that value back. That’s why it prints 2:
In statements that have no return value you get something like undefined.
undefined is the return value of the console.log() in Chrome developer tools. You will get undefined if you do the following in Chrome developer tools, and you will see that you get undefined even though x has the value 3.
> let x = 3
> undefined
What you can do is simply create your own console.log like function with a return to change this behavior when doing a lot of coding in the developer console. Here is an example of what that looks like in the developer console:
console.log('I hate seeing the next line stating the obvious.')
I hate seeing the next line stating the obvious.
undefined
log = function(l){return l}
function log()
if(1 === 2){console.log('1 is not equal to 2.')}else{log('No Shit Sherlock.')}
"No Shit Sherlock."
That undefined you see in console is the return value of the function:
check out these two variants:
This one returns nothing
This one returns something:
Remember one thing. Any function that has some definition will always return something, If you skip the return keyword, it will eventually return undefined when you call it.
If you're using console.log to emit multiple values in a single line, here's a hacky alternative:
var1 + ' ' + var2 + ' ' + var...
(Better ideas welcome, this might blow up in certain circumstances)