[removed] How do I print a message to the error console?

Question

How can I print a message to the error console, preferably including a variable?

For example, something like:

print(\'x=%d\', x);

Answer 1

A note about 'throw()' mentioned above. It seems that it stops execution of the page completely (I checked in IE8) , so it's not very useful for logging "on going processes" (like to track a certain variable...)

My suggestion is perhaps to add a textarea element somewhere in your document and to change (or append to) its value (which would change its text) for logging information whenever needed...