Gathering variable names from within a function.

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"Xavier" <sabu at pure-elite.org> wrote in message news:<mailman.1057315927.28411.python-list at python.org>...
> Greetings,
> 
> I was wondering if there was a way to get a list of all the variables which
> were executed/created/modified within a function?
> 
> Here is a simple example that comes to my mind:
> 
> def getVars(func):
>     ...
>     ...
>     ...
> 
> def modVar(arg, arg2):
> 
>     Var1 = arg
>     Var2 = arg2
>     Var3 = arg+arg2
>     return Var3
> 
> def main():
> 
>     print getVars(modVar('test', 'test2'))
> 
> # end
> 
> naturally, "Var1", "Var2" and "Var3" should be printed to the user.  Any
> idea?
>

What about
 
def modVar(arg, arg2):
    Var1 = arg
    Var2 = arg2
    Var3 = arg+arg2
    print vars()
    return Var3

modVar('test', 'test2')

=>

{'arg2': 'test2', 
'arg': 'test', 
'Var1': 'test', 
'Var3': 'testtest2', 
'Var2': 'test2'}

> -- Xavier
> 
> oderint dum metuant

Michele