getting the name of a variable
Michael Hudson
mwh at python.net
Thu Dec 6 10:30:39 EST 2001
sandskyfly at hotmail.com (Sandy Norton) writes:
> When I'm debugging I'm always sticking stuff like "print 'x:', x" in
> my code. So is there a handy function that will print a variable
> name and value such that:
>
> >>> def print_var_name_and_value(var):
> "prints variable name : value"
> <implemention>
>
> >>> variable = 'me var'
> >>> print_var_name_and_value(variable)
> variable : me var
Not really. Hit google groups for more info. Some highlights:
a gross implementation attempt by me:
http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=m38zytnexz.fsf%40atrus.jesus.cam.ac.uk
a nice explanation of why this not really possible by /F:
http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=3a03261b_1%40corp.newsfeeds.com
Cheers,
M.
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