Convert Variable Name to String?

Question

I would like to convert a python variable name into the string equivalent as shown. Any ideas how?

var = {}
print ???  # Would like to see \'var\'
something_         


        

Answer 1

Here is a succinct variation that lets you specify any directory. The issue with using directories to find anything is that multiple variables can have the same value. So this code returns a list of possible variables.

def varname( var, dir=locals()):
  return [ key for key, val in dir.items() if id( val) == id( var)]