On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 3:48 AM, Hellmut Weber <m...@hellmutweber.de> wrote: > Hi, > > consider the following piece of code, please > > ----- ----- > > def f(param): > nameOfParam = ??? > # here I want to access the name of the variable > # which was given as parameter to the function > print nameOfParam, param > return > > if __name__ == __main__: > > a = 1 > f(a) > > b = 'abcd' > f(a) > > ----- ----- > > The output should be: > > 'a' 1 > 'b' 'abcd' > > ----- ----- > > I tried to look at globals() and locals(), gave a look to the frames > (sys._getframe(0) and sys._getframe(1), > but did not see a possibility to access the information a want > > How can this be done?
It's an FAQ that's not in the FAQ. The popular answer is "Don't try to do that! There's usually a less magic way to accomplish your goal.". Alternatives can usually be proffered if the exact use case is explained specifically. Cheers, Chris -- http://blog.rebertia.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
