Referencing a variable's name
I'm trying to reference the name of a variable, for logging. I'd like to do something like this (in JScript): var testVariable = 3; Log.Message("Variable: " + testVariable.Name + "; value:...
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On second look, what I'm really trying to do is this:
function LogVariable( variable)
{
Log.Message("Variable name: " + variable.Name + ", value: " + variable);
}
Call:
LogVariable(var1);
LogVariable(var2);
Output:
Variable name: var1, value: 1;
Variable name: var2, value: 2;
And I think my answer is "no, it can't be done that way", because I lose the name of the variable when it's contents are passed by value. I think what I'm going to have to do instead is this:
function LogVariable(variable, variableName)
{
Log.Message("Variable name: " + variableName + "value: " + variable);
}
Call:
LogVariable(var1, "var1");
function LogVariable( variable)
{
Log.Message("Variable name: " + variable.Name + ", value: " + variable);
}
Call:
LogVariable(var1);
LogVariable(var2);
Output:
Variable name: var1, value: 1;
Variable name: var2, value: 2;
And I think my answer is "no, it can't be done that way", because I lose the name of the variable when it's contents are passed by value. I think what I'm going to have to do instead is this:
function LogVariable(variable, variableName)
{
Log.Message("Variable name: " + variableName + "value: " + variable);
}
Call:
LogVariable(var1, "var1");