Tired of typing Logger.log() - Here's a function to shorten it to "ll"

[Alan Wells]

I don't like typing

Logger.log()

constantly.  I'd rather just type ll()

And I don't want to type:

JSON.stringify() every time I want to log an object

Here is the code I use to do that.

https://github.com/Blueprinter/GS_LL---Apps-Script-Logger-Log

/*{version:"1/22/20"}
1/22/20 - var f
7 8 19 proc essValForLog


*/

function ll(a,b) {
  var f;
 
  //Logger.log('ll ran: ' + a + " " + b)
  if (ll.arguments.length === 2) {//two arguments were passed in
    b = processValForLog(b);
    f = new Function('a','b','Logger.log(a + ":" + b)');//Create new fnk
    f(a,b);//call fnk
  } else {
    f = new Function('a','Logger.log(a)');
    f(a);
  }
}

function processValForLog(val) {
try{
  var typeOfThisVal;
 
  typeOfThisVal = typeof val;

  if (val) {
    if (typeOfThisVal === 'object') {//The variable val can be an object and still be null
     
      if (Array.isArray(val)) {//The very first test should be for an array because that is easy to check for
        //console.log('it is an array')
        if (val.toString().indexOf("[object Object]") !== -1) {
          val = JSON.stringify(val);
        } else {
          val = val.toString();
        }
        //Logger.log('val: ' + val)
      } else {//It is an object but not an array
        //Logger.log('its NOT an array')
        try{
          val = JSON.stringify(val);//Test for whether it is a date
        }catch(e) {//If this is an invalid date then JSON stringify will fail
          //console.log('Error stringifying')
        }
      }
     
      //Logger.log('typeof val: ' + typeof val)
     
        if (typeof val !== 'string') {
          try{
            val = val.toString();
          }catch(e) {
            val = e.message;
          }
        }
     
      if (val.indexOf("{") !== 0 && typeof val !== 'string') {
        val = val.toString();
      }
     
      //continue;
    }
  }
 
  if (typeOfThisVal === 'number') {
    val = '"' + val.toString();
  }
 
  if (val === undefined) {//Avoid having all three cells undefined
    val = 'UNDEFINEDDD';
  } else if (val === null) {
    val = 'NULLLL';
  } else if (val === false) {
    val = 'FALZZE';
  } else if (val === true) {
    val = 'TREWWW';
  }
 
  return val;
}catch(e) {
  var f = new Function('e','Logger.log(e.message + ":\n\n" + e.stack)');
  f(e);
}
}

[Dimu Designs]

I'm good with Logger.log(). It tells me exactly what it does at a glance, making for more readable code. I imagine you'll save a lot of key strokes though.