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've created this function based on JSON as someone suggested, works fine for my debug needs

function debugVar(varNames){
let strX = "";
function replacer(key, value){
    if (value === undefined){return "undef"}
    return value
    }    
for (let arg of arguments){
let lastChar;
    if (typeof arg!== "string"){
        let _arg = JSON.stringify(arg, replacer);
        _arg = _arg.replace('{',"");
        _arg = _arg.replace('}',"");            
        _arg = _arg.replace(/:/g,"=");
        _arg = _arg.replace(/"/g,"");
        strX+=_arg;
    }else{
    strX+=arg;
    lastChar = arg[arg.length-1];
    }
    if (arg!==arguments[arguments.length-1]&&lastChar!==":"){strX+=" "};
}
console.log(strX)    
}
let a = 42, b = 3, c;
debugVar("Begin:",{a,b,c},"end")

Answer 2

No, there is not.
Besides, if you can write variablesName(myFirstName), you already know the variable name ("myFirstName").

Answer 3

Shorts way I have found so far to get the variables name as a string:

const name = obj => Object.keys(obj)[0];

const whatsMyName = "Snoop Doggy Dogg";

console.log( "Variable name is: " + name({ whatsMyName }) );
//result: Variable name is: whatsMyName

Answer 4

Probably pop would be better than indexing with [0], for safety (variable might be null).

const myFirstName = 'John'
const variableName = Object.keys({myFirstName}).pop();
console.log(`Variable ${variableName} with value '${variable}'`);

// returns "Variable myFirstName with value 'John'"

Answer 5

Since ECMAScript 5.1 you can use Object.keys to get the names of all properties from an object.

Here is an example:

// Get John’s properties (firstName, lastName)
var john = {firstName: 'John', lastName: 'Doe'};
var properties = Object.keys(john);

// Show John’s properties
var message = 'John’s properties are: ' + properties.join(', ');
document.write(message);

Answer 6

Like Seth's answer, but uses Object.keys() instead:

const varToString = varObj => Object.keys(varObj)[0]

const someVar = 42
const displayName = varToString({ someVar })
console.log(displayName)