Retrieving a variable's name.

[Steve Holden]

rodrigo wrote:
> How would I go about retrieving a variable's name (not its value)? I
> want to write a function that, given a list of variables, returns  a
> string with each variable's name and its value, like:
> 
> a: 100
> b: 200
> 
> I get the feeling this is trivial, but I have been unable to find an
> answer on my own.
> 
So what would you want

     yourfunction(32)

to return? None?

Names in Python are references to values, and the same value can be 
reference by zero to many different names, so your request is close to 
nonsensical.

regards
  Steve
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