Get name as String from a Javascript function reference?

Question

I want to do the opposite of Get JavaScript function-object from its name as a string?

That is, given:

function foo()
{}

function bar(callback)
{
           


        

Answer 1

function bar(callback){
    var name=callback.toString();
    var reg=/function ([^\(]*)/;
    return reg.exec(name)[1];
}

>>> function foo() { };
>>> bar(foo);
"foo"
>>> bar(function(){});
""

Answer 2

If you were looking for the function on an specific object event, this may help:

var a = document.form1
a.onsubmit.name