# Dump

Outputs the contents of a variable (simple or complex) of any type for debugging purposes to a specific output location.

## Component Signature

```
<bx:Dump var=[any]
label=[string]
top=[numeric]
expand=[boolean]
abort=[any]
output=[string]
format=[string]
showUDFs=[boolean] />
```

### Attributes

| Atrribute  | Type      | Required | Description                                                                                                                                    | Default |
| ---------- | --------- | -------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------- |
| `var`      | `any`     | `false`  | The variable to dump, can be any type                                                                                                          |         |
| `label`    | `string`  | `false`  | A custom label to display above the dump (Only in HTML output)                                                                                 |         |
| `top`      | `numeric` | `false`  | The number of levels to display when dumping collections. Great to avoid dumping the entire world! Default is inifinity. (Only in HTML output) |         |
| `expand`   | `boolean` | `false`  | Whether to expand the dump. Be default, we try to expand as much as possible. (Only in HTML output)                                            |         |
| `abort`    | `any`     | `false`  | Whether to do a hard abort the request after dumping. Default is false                                                                         | `false` |
| `output`   | `string`  | `false`  | The output format which can be "buffer", "console", or "{absolute file path}". The default is "buffer".                                        |         |
| `format`   | `string`  | `false`  | The format of the output to a **filename**. Can be "html" or "text". The default is according to the output location.                          |         |
| `showUDFs` | `boolean` | `false`  | Show UDFs or not. Default is true. (Only in HTML output)                                                                                       | `true`  |

## Examples