Variable name as a string in Javascript

Question

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 =         


        

Answer 1

I needed this, don't want to use objects, and came up with the following solution, turning the question around.

Instead of converting the variable name into a string, I convert a string into a variable.

This only works if the variable name is known of course.

Take this:

var height = 120;
testAlert(height);

This should display:

height: 120

This can be done like this:

function testAlert(ta)
{
    a = window[ta];
    alert(ta + ': ' + a); 
}

var height = 120;
testAlert("height");
// displays: height: 120

So I use the string "height" and turn that into a variable height using the window[] command.