From f050cab3d850ad94dcf28746d1f942e706aa4e4f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Rich Trott Date: Wed, 9 Dec 2015 20:19:30 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] doc: copyedit console doc MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4225 Reviewed-By: Brian White Reviewed-By: Michaƫl Zasso Reviewed-By: James M Snell --- doc/api/console.markdown | 34 +++++++++++++++++----------------- 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/api/console.markdown b/doc/api/console.markdown index 0d96ace8d01956..6343ca781c3dd1 100644 --- a/doc/api/console.markdown +++ b/doc/api/console.markdown @@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ Use `require('console').Console` or `console.Console` to access this class. var Console = require('console').Console; var Console = console.Console; -You can use `Console` class to custom simple logger like `console`, but with -different output streams. +You can use the `Console` class to create a simple logger like `console` but +with different output streams. ### new Console(stdout[, stderr]) @@ -61,8 +61,8 @@ is blocking: $ node script.js 2> error.log | tee info.log -In daily use, the blocking/non-blocking dichotomy is not something you -should worry about unless you log huge amounts of data. +Typically, the blocking/non-blocking dichotomy is not something you should +worry about unless you log huge amounts of data. ### console.assert(value[, message][, ...]) @@ -71,19 +71,21 @@ Similar to [`assert.ok()`][], but the error message is formatted as ### console.dir(obj[, options]) -Uses [`util.inspect()`][] on `obj` and prints resulting string to stdout. This function -bypasses any custom `inspect()` function on `obj`. An optional *options* object -may be passed that alters certain aspects of the formatted string: +Uses [`util.inspect()`][] on `obj` and prints the resulting string to stdout. +This function bypasses any custom `inspect()` function on `obj`. An optional +`options` object may be passed that alters certain aspects of the formatted +string: - `showHidden` - if `true` then the object's non-enumerable and symbol properties will be shown too. Defaults to `false`. - `depth` - tells `inspect` how many times to recurse while formatting the object. This is useful for inspecting large complicated objects. Defaults to -`2`. To make it recurse indefinitely pass `null`. +`2`. To make it recurse indefinitely, pass `null`. - `colors` - if `true`, then the output will be styled with ANSI color codes. -Defaults to `false`. Colors are customizable, see [customizing `util.inspect()` colors][]. +Defaults to `false`. Colors are customizable; see +[customizing `util.inspect()` colors][]. ### console.error([data][, ...]) @@ -96,14 +98,15 @@ Same as [`console.log()`][]. ### console.log([data][, ...]) Prints to stdout with newline. This function can take multiple arguments in a -`printf()`-like way. Example: +`printf()`-like way: var count = 5; console.log('count: %d', count); // prints 'count: 5' -If formatting elements are not found in the first string then [`util.inspect()`][] -is used on each argument. See [`util.format()`][] for more information. +If formatting elements are not found in the first string then +[`util.inspect()`][] is used on each argument. See [`util.format()`][] for more +information. ### console.time(label) @@ -114,11 +117,8 @@ milliseconds. Timer durations are accurate to the sub-millisecond. ### console.timeEnd(label) -Stops a timer that was previously started by calling -[`console.time()`][] and prints the result to the -console. - -Example: +Stops a timer that was previously started by calling [`console.time()`][] and +prints the result to the console: console.time('100-elements'); for (var i = 0; i < 100; i++) {