Assign console.log value to a variable

Question

How can I assign a JavaScript object to a variable which was printed using console.log?

I am in Chrome console. With Ruby I would use test = _

Answer 1

Here is chrome reference for comand line api. There is $_ variable but it "Returns the value of the most recently evaluated expression" not printed, you can make your own log function like this:

function log(data){
   console.log(data);
   return data;
}
// after that you can access last printed value by $_

Please, note that my function is for example, console.log possibilities is much more advanced