Getting the name of the input variable from within the function

Question

If say I have something like:

myList = []

and a function:

def f(a):
    ...

and I call the function as such (where myList is still of List type):

f(myList)

then within this function itself, is there a way to obtain the name of the variable that is passed in? (i.e. can I get the value "myList" as a string from within the function?)

you need to pass it as string in `f("myList")` to get as string. You can ask more elaborately your requirement. so that SO members can help! — shaik moeed, Jan 15 '19 at 13:09

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 15 '19 at 13:08

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It's not possible. The name of the list holds the reference to the object, not the other way around.

Though if you know the contents of the list, you can do something like this:

a = ["kk","jj"]
for key,value in globals().iteritems():
  if type(value) == list and value == ["kk","jj"]:
    print key

answered Jan 15 '19 at 13:08

Filipe Aleixo

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Wouldn't it be better just to use `if value == a`, which check for both conditions? – Aryerez Feb 22 '21 at 09:07

Getting the name of the input variable from within the function

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