can an actionscript function find out its own name?

Question

given the following

function A(b:Function)   { }

If function A(), can we determine the name of the function being passed in as parameter \'

Answer 1

Use arguments.callee with toString() and match in general:

function foo(){return arguments.callee.toString().match(/\s\w+/).toString()}

References

• arguments callee method

• Tracing Function Arguments