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to this post it was in the beta, but it's not in the release? javascript logging internet-explorer-8 console share|improve this question edited Mar 22 '12 at 22:22 Doug Harris 99821026 asked Mar 27 '09 at 15:34 leeand00 8,7021988200 62 console.log is there in IE8, but the console object isn't created until you open DevTools. Therefore, a call to console.log may result in an error, for example if it occurs
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on page load before you have a chance to open the dev tools. The winning answer here explains it in more detail. –SDC Jan 28 '13 at 15:31 add a comment| 17 Answers 17 active oldest votes up vote 221 down vote accepted Even better for fallback is this: var alertFallback = true; if (typeof console === "undefined" || typeof console.log === "undefined") { console = {}; if (alertFallback) { console.log = function(msg) { alert(msg); }; } else { console.log = function() {}; } } share|improve this answer answered May 11 '11 at 16:33 orange80 8,21884458 Thanks, this helped me a lot, nicely done –martinjbates Oct 2 '12 at 8:45 66 This is so impractical - how could you possibly debug a website with something that throws an alert for every call to console.log(). What if you have 10+ calls to log() in your code. What if msg is an object? Walter's answer makes much more sense, as a starting point. –Precastic Jun 22 '13 at 10:47 6 @Precastic: People will just stop using the browser :P –Amogh Talpallikar Mar 30 '14 at 4:44 See my comment on Mister Lucky's answer. –Daniel Schilling Apr 2 '14 at 13:22 1 an u
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