Re: finding a variables name
| From: | CC Zona | Date: | Tue, 15 May 2001 03:58:33 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: finding a variables name | ||
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In article <3B00A715.4000805@binarylogic.com.au>,
joe.blythe@binarylogic.com.au (Joseph Blythe) wrote:
> How does one find the name of a variable, not what the variable contains?
>
> This is not the same as variable variables.
>
> I know this seems a bit pointless but I have come across a situation
> where I really need to be able to do this.
Can you give an example of code in which you'd be doing this? (Seeing how
you plan to access the variable of indeterminate name would help in
suggesting a solution. For example, if it is known to be an array member,
you might be able to use key()..., etc.)
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