Reading simple array JS, only returns first item

Question

I want to read all values of an array in JS, but I need your help.

my arrray "item" is as follow:

console.log(item);

but when I do :

console.log(item.length)

result is 1. I was expected a 8 as result

following code:

var i;
for (i = 0; i < item.length; ++i) {
  console.log( item[i]);
}

is only returning the first item :

I am missing something here but don't know what