/**
* Function : dump()
* Arguments: The data - array,hash(associative array),object
*    The level - OPTIONAL
* Returns  : The textual representation of the array.
* This function was inspired by the print_r function of PHP.
* This will accept some data as the argument and return a
* text that will be a more readable version of the
* array/hash/object that is given.
*/
function dump(arr,level) {
var dumped_text = "";
if(!level) level = 0;

//The padding given at the beginning of the line.
var level_padding = "";
for(var j=0;j<level+1;j++) level_padding += "    ";

if(typeof(arr) == 'object') { //Array/Hashes/Objects
 for(var item in arr) {
  var value = arr[item];
 
  if(typeof(value) == 'object') { //If it is an array,
   dumped_text += level_padding + "'" + item + "' ...\n";
   alert(level);
   dumped_text += dump(value,level-1);
  } else {
   dumped_text += level_padding + "'" + item + "' => \"" + value + "\"\n";
  }
 }
} else { //Stings/Chars/Numbers etc.
 dumped_text = "===>"+arr+"<===("+typeof(arr)+")";
}
return dumped_text;
} 

function mydump(arr,level) {
	var str = ""
	for(var item in arr) {
      str += item + "=" + arr[item] + "\n"; 
    }
    alert(str)
}

function print_r(input, _indent)
{
    if(typeof(_indent) == 'string') {
        var indent = _indent + '    ';
        var paren_indent = _indent + '  ';
    } else {
        var indent = '    ';
        var paren_indent = '';
    }
    switch(typeof(input)) {
        case 'boolean':
            var output = (input ? 'true' : 'false') + "\n";
            break;
        case 'object':
            if ( input===null ) {
                var output = "null\n";
                break;
            }
            var output = ((input.reverse) ? 'Array' : 'Object') + " (\n";
            for(var i in input) {
                output += indent + "[" + i + "] => " + print_r(input[i], indent);
            }
            output += paren_indent + ")\n";
            break;
        case 'number':
        case 'string':
        default:
            var output = "" + input  + "\n";
    }
    return output;
}