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I'm newbie in js. I redefined push() method in Array Object like below..

Array.prototype.push = function(item) {
    this[this.length] = '[' + item + ']';
    return this;
};

var arr = new Array();
arr.push('my');
console.debug(arr);
console.debug(arr[0]);

arr.push('name');
console.debug(arr);
console.debug(arr[1]);

arr.push('is');
console.debug(arr);
console.debug(arr[2]);


// output

[] --> <1>
[my]
[] --> <2>
[name]
[] --> <3>
[is]

but I can't understand why <1>,<2>,<3> is empty.

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Are you debugging in chrome by any chance? See stackoverflow.com/questions/4057440/… –  Crescent Fresh Mar 25 '11 at 2:44
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If you remove the brackets being concatenated, it works.

jsFiddle.

It looks like push is called internally a bit, and this may be why it is not working.

Also, there shouldn't be any reason to re-implement push yourself.

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I too noticed this. Extremely odd behavior. –  Reid Mar 25 '11 at 2:47
    
it appears to happen only in webkit browsers. –  kjy112 Mar 25 '11 at 2:49
    
I am testing in Chrome 10 :) –  alex Mar 25 '11 at 2:50
    
This does not seem to be the case for me. I justed tested in Chromium 10.0.648.133 (Linux) and the issue is still prevalent. –  tbranyen Mar 25 '11 at 3:09
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Try using console.debug(arr.join(',')); instead of console.debug(arr);.

As in this jsfiddle.

The output is now

[my]
[my]
[my],[name]
[name]
[my],[name],[is]
[is]

Tested on Chrome.

As for the strange behavior of debug.console() when printing arrays, I suspect that it also uses push() on arrays while building the output string. If, for example, you replace the '['+item+']' with '<<'+item+'>>' you get some whackiness in the Firebug console, as in this jsfiddle.

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This is a very informative post and most definitely the answer. Chrome Tools wackiness. –  tbranyen Mar 27 '11 at 23:49
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