Debugging Javascript – one useful tool

Here’s an idea for displaying those pesky ephemeral variables that come and go like ghosts in JavaScript. Check this out. I
want to know if I’m reading in a CSV file properly or not. You can use for any variable / array / object.

<script>

// Read in a .csv file
d3.csv(“../datafile.csv”, function(someData) {
debugMe(someData);

});

function debugMe(whateverData) {

// ‘Sum Ages’ is a variable in row zero of passed var ‘whateverData’
document.getElementById(“debug”).innerHTML = “Debug: ” + whateverData[0][‘Sum Ages’].toString()
}

</script>

<p id=”debug”></p>