Get the variable name of current class

Asked Sep 23 '20 at 17:07

Active Sep 23 '20 at 17:17

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I need help with my small program. I would like for the program to get the variable name of the class that the method is running in. Something like this:

class Program()
{
   static void Main()
   {
      Foo somethingForTest = new Foo(); //variable name = [somethingForTest] 
      Console.WriteLine(somethingForTest.Name); //OUTPUT
   }
}


class Foo
{
    public string Name;
    Foo()
    {
        this.Name = nameof(this); //Saving the variable name of this instance 
    }
}

The output should be: SomethingForTest

The problem is that when I do this: nameof(this)

The compiler says that this expression doesn't have a name

Thanks for any tips.

edited Sep 23 '20 at 17:17

asked Sep 23 '20 at 17:07

Filip Gajdušek

2

What would be the point of that? – ADyson Sep 23 '20 at 17:11
Why not `var foo = new Foo() { Name = nameof(foo) };`? – Justin Lessard Sep 23 '20 at 17:11
@Justin in any case that would be `{ Name = "somethingForTest" }` – Camilo Terevinto Sep 23 '20 at 17:13
@Justin I want it to be automatic. I'm trying to make a framework of sort and want the variable name to be used for the Name parameter when user doesn't specify differently. – Filip Gajdušek Sep 23 '20 at 17:19
If you hard code it as a string, it will be just as automatic as if you manage to do it some other way. Variable names are hard-coded anyway, so you're not losing any dynamic behaviour. Don't overcomplicate it, just use a string. – ADyson Sep 23 '20 at 19:34

Get the variable name of current class

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