Is there a way to get a variable name as a string in Javascript? (like NSStringFromSelector in Cocoa)
I would like to do like this:
var myFirstName =
var somefancyvariable = "fancy";
Object.keys({somefancyvariable})[0];
This isn't able to be made into a function as it returns the name of the function's variable.
// THIS DOESN'T WORK
function getVarName(v) {
return Object.keys({v})[0];
}
// Returns "v"
Edit: Thanks to @Madeo for pointing out how to make this into a function.
function debugVar(varObj) {
var varName = Object.keys(varObj)[0];
console.log("Var \"" + varName + "\" has a value of \"" + varObj[varName] + "\"");
}
You will need call the function with a single element array containing the variable. debugVar({somefancyvariable});
Edit: Object.keys can be referenced as just keys in every browser I tested it in but according to the comments it doesn't work everywhere.