cs/Web/API/console)
object contains many methods that you can call to perform rudimentary
debugging tasks, generally focused around logging various values to the
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user/web_console/index.html) .

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US/docs/Web/API/console/log_static "console.log\(\)") , which is used to log
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##  Interfaces

[ ` console ` ](/en-US/docs/Web/API/console)

    

Provides rudimentary debugging functionality, including logging, stack traces,
timers, and counters.

##  Examples

js

    
    
    let myString = "Hello world";
    
    // Output "Hello world" to the console
    console.log(myString);
    

See the [ console ](/en-US/docs/Web/API/console#usage) reference page for more
examples.

##  Specifications

Specification  
---  
[ Console Standard  
#  console-namespace  ](https://console.spec.whatwg.org/#console-namespace)  
  
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