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    A demo of the util.inspect() method in Node.js.
  
        
  
    
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  | const { inspect } = require('util'); | |
| const restaurants = [ | |
| { | |
| name: 'Nando\'s', | |
| menus: { | |
| starters: [ | |
| { name: 'Halloumi Sticks & Dip', price: 425 }, | |
| { name: 'Houmous with PERi-PERi Drizzle', price: 425 }, | |
| { name: 'Sweet Potato Wedges with Garlic PERinaise', price: 425 } | |
| ], | |
| mains: [ | |
| { name: '1/4 Chicken', price: 425 }, | |
| { name: '1/2 Chicken', price: 795 }, | |
| { name: 'Whole Chicken', price: 1450 } | |
| ], | |
| desserts: [ | |
| { name: 'Choc-A-Lot Cake', price: 475 }, | |
| { name: 'Naughty Nata', price: 195 }, | |
| { name: 'Bottomless Frozen Yoghurt', price: 295 } | |
| ] | |
| } | |
| } | |
| ]; | |
| console.log(inspect(restaurants, { | |
| depth: Infinity, // Recurse up to the maximum call stack size. | |
| colors: true, // Style the output with ANSI color codes. | |
| compact: false // Display each object key on a new line. | |
| })); | 
  
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To try this, just run
node inspect.jsin the terminal. For more formatting options, check the official documentation.