Console.count()

Logs the number of times that this particular call to count() has been called. This function takes an optional argument label.

If label is supplied, this function logs the number of times count() has been called with that label.

If label is omitted, the call is counted towards the "default" label.

For example, given code like this:

let user = "";

function greet() {
  console.count();
  return "hi " + user;
}

user = "bob";
greet();
user = "alice";
greet();
greet();
console.count();

Console output will look something like this:

"default: 1"
"default: 2"
"default: 3"
"default: 4"

The label is displayed as default because no explicit label was supplied.

If we pass the user variable as the label argument to the first invocation of count(), and the string "alice" to the second:

let user = "";

function greet() {
  console.count(user);
  return "hi " + user;
}

user = "bob";
greet();
user = "alice";
greet();
greet();
console.count("alice");

We will see output like this:

"bob: 1"
"alice: 1"
"alice: 2"
"alice: 3"

We're now maintaining separate counts based only on the value of label.

Syntax

console.count( [label] );

Parameters

labelOptional

A DOMString.
If supplied, count() outputs the number of times it has been called with that label.
If omitted, count() behaves as though it was called with the "default" label.

Specifications

Browser compatibility