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Determine original name of variable after its passed to a function.

I would like to know if its possible to get the actual name of a variable.

For example:

var foo = 'bar';

function getName(myvar) {  

  //some code

  return foo  

};

So for getName(foo) will return foo

Is that possible ?

Thanks.

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answered 14 Years ago melindab · Accepted Answer

I don't think it is possible. When you call a function you pass an object, not a variable. The function doesn't care where the object came from.

You can go the other way though if you call your function as follows:

getName('foo')

Or pass both the value and the name:

getName(foo, 'foo')