in reply to Can I get the name of a variable passed to a subroutine?
Well,
I think I'd turn the logic round: call that routine with the name of the variable:
I think I'd turn the logic round: call that routine with the name of the variable:
and eval() that string in your subroutine.dBug_showArray("@currTime");
Hmm, one major flaw of this would be scoping: you'd need to really know that variable there, and that would mean you'd only be able to show global variables there. Maybe something could be done using closures, but since I don't exactly know what they are/look like I could be wrong.
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Re: Re: Can I get the name of a variable passed to a subroutine?
by IlyaM (Parson) on Nov 30, 2001 at 23:18 UTC |
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