#!/usr/bin/env node var traverse = require('traverse'); var obj = [ 'five', 6, -3, [ 7, 8, -2, 1 ], { f : 10, g : -13 } ]; var s = ''; traverse(obj).forEach(function to_s (node) { if (Array.isArray(node)) { this.before(function () { s += '[' }); this.post(function (child) { if (!child.isLast) s += ','; }); this.after(function () { s += ']' }); } else if (typeof node == 'object') { this.before(function () { s += '{' }); this.pre(function (x, key) { to_s(key); s += ':'; }); this.post(function (child) { if (!child.isLast) s += ','; }); this.after(function () { s += '}' }); } else if (typeof node == 'string') { s += '"' + node.toString().replace(/"/g, '\\"') + '"'; } else if (typeof node == 'function') { s += 'null'; } else { s += node.toString(); } }); console.log('JSON.stringify: ' + JSON.stringify(obj)); console.log('this stringify: ' + s);