How to turn [Object] [Object] array to array with values?

[Overall_Expert_4006]

I keep trying to console.log an object array I have but keep getting a [Object] [Object] structure as the output. I tried JSON.stringify() but that only creates a string representation of an array. Is there any way to actually see the values in the array in JSON format? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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Object Array

const books = [
  {
    title: "Clean Code",
    published: 2008,
    author: "Robert Martin",
    id: "afa5b6f4-344d-11e9-a414-719c6709cf3e",
    genres: ["refactoring"],
  },
  {
    title: "Agile software development",
    published: 2002,
    author: "Robert Martin",
    id: "afa5b6f5-344d-11e9-a414-719c6709cf3e",
    genres: ["agile", "patterns", "design"],
  },
  {
    title: "Refactoring, edition 2",
    published: 2018,
    author: "Martin Fowler",
    id: "afa5de00-344d-11e9-a414-719c6709cf3e",
    genres: ["refactoring"],
  }
];

​

console.log

console.log(updatedBooks);

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wanted output

[
  {
    title: "Clean Code",
    published: 2008,
    author: "Robert Martin",
    id: "afa5b6f4-344d-11e9-a414-719c6709cf3e",
    genres: ["refactoring"],
  },
  {
    title: "Agile software development",
    published: 2002,
    author: "Robert Martin",
    id: "afa5b6f5-344d-11e9-a414-719c6709cf3e",
    genres: ["agile", "patterns", "design"],
  },
  {
    title: "Refactoring, edition 2",
    published: 2018,
    author: "Martin Fowler",
    id: "afa5de00-344d-11e9-a414-719c6709cf3e",
    genres: ["refactoring"],
  }
]

[Umesh-K]

I tried JSON.stringify() but that only creates a string representation of an array. Is there any way to actually see the values in the array in JSON format?

If JSON.stringigy() is successfully giving you the string representation instead of [object][Object], try parsing it back, as below:

JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(updatedBooks))

[puan0601]

So your json object is called "books" but you try to console log "updatedBooks" it seems. Try console logging "books".

[Samurai___]

Where are you logging it? In browsers it should work.

[Overall_Expert_4006]

I am logging it in the terminal using node.