get string representation of a variable name in as3

Question

any way of doing this is as3?

for example, if I have a var dog:String, how can I get \"dog\" out of that variable?

Looking into reflection to d

Answer 1

In your example I don't think there is a way to retrieve "dog" as a String.

However, if dog is a property of a dynamic Object, then you could use a function like this:

function getVarName(subject:*, value:*):String
{
    for(var i:String in subject)
    {
        if(subject[i] == value) return i;
    }

    return "";
}

This function can work in a scenario like this:

var holder:Object = {
    dog: "some awesome dog"
}

trace(getVarName(holder, "some awesome dog")); // dog