??? question "How to output the content of a variable?"
To output the content of a variable you should use either no punctuation mark at all (for variable only) or dollar/brackets inside backticks `` `${}` ``.
```js
const myVariable = 462;
// variable-only output
output.text(myVariable); /* (1)! */
// prettier output formatting
output.text(`the content of my variable is ${myVariable}`); /* (2)! */
// Simple/Double quotes won't work as they are used to encapsulate strings
output.text("myVariable"); /* (3)! */
output.text('myVariable'); /* (4)! */
```
1. Returns `462`
2. Returns `the content of my variable is 462`
3. Returns `myVariable`
4. Returns `myVariable`
??? question "The display of complex elements (tables, arrays of rows) is sometimes difficult to read"
Do not hesitate to use `console.log` and to check your browser console. Otherwise, you could try to use this function (or to create your own) at the beginning of your scripts:
```js
function jsonPrettyFormat(json, indent=0) {
const indenterChar = " "; /* (1)! */
if (json instanceof Array) {
output.text(indenterChar.repeat(indent) + "[");
indent += 1;
json.forEach((elem)=>jsonPrettyFormat(elem, indent));
indent -= 1;
output.text(indenterChar.repeat(indent) + "]");
}
else {
if (!(typeof(json)=="object")) {
output.text(indenterChar.repeat(indent) + json);
} else {
output.text(indenterChar.repeat(indent) + "{");
indent += 1;
for (const [key, value] of Object.entries(json)) {
if (!(typeof(value)=="object")) {
output.text(indenterChar.repeat(indent) + key + ": " + value)
} else {
output.text(indenterChar.repeat(indent) + key + ": ");
indent += 1;
jsonPrettyFormat(value, indent);
}
}
indent -= 1;
output.text(indenterChar.repeat(indent) + "}");
}
}
}
```
1. Please note that the indent character is not a classic space character as the output window of SeaTable's script editor actually trims indent spaces.
Just call it on an object to see the result
```js
let rows = base.getRows('Daily expenses', 'Default View');
jsonPrettyFormat(rows);
```