Subj : Re: Can a JS object determine its own variable name?
To   : netscape.public.mozilla.jseng
From : Martin Honnen
Date : Wed Jul 20 2005 04:13 pm



Mark Turansky wrote:

> Can i create a function in the, say, String prototype that can access its 
> own variable name?
> 
> var username = new String("myvalue");
> 
> String.prototype.getVariableName =
>         function(){
>             // possible to determine the variable name "username" here?
>         }

No, an object is not necessarily associated with a variable at all and 
not necessarily stored within one variable only e.g. you could have
   var s1, s2;
   s1 = s2 = new String("myvalue");
what would you expect your function to return?


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