assigning the string value of the variable that holds an object to the object as a property

Asked Jul 02 '21 at 00:27

Active Jul 02 '21 at 00:34

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I am looking for a way to do this in javascript.

const desired_name = Handle();
print(desired_name.type) //"desired_name";

does window / document / the global space have a array/stack/queue structure that can be parsed for the last variable name declared? - does that exist?

edited Jul 02 '21 at 00:34

asked Jul 02 '21 at 00:27

altruios

No, why would you want this? You can do something like `function define(n, v) { window._sn ??= []; window._sn.push(n); return v; }` and then do `const foo = define('foo', 3);` – 0xLogN Jul 02 '21 at 00:29
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No, this is impossible. And you shouldn't be doing this. What are you trying to achieve? – Bergi Jul 02 '21 at 00:30
100% impossible? – altruios Jul 02 '21 at 00:30
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What is `handle`? – Barmar Jul 02 '21 at 00:31
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@altruios Yes, 100% impossible with the code you wrote. If you tell us more about your actual code, we might be able to advise you on alternatives. – Bergi Jul 02 '21 at 00:32
call to class constructor @Barmar – altruios Jul 02 '21 at 00:32
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JavaScript doesn't have much in the way of function introspection. – Barmar Jul 02 '21 at 00:33
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@altruios That's `Handle()`, I was asking about `handle` in `handle.type`. – Barmar Jul 02 '21 at 00:33
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@barmar that's a derp. fixing :) – altruios Jul 02 '21 at 00:33
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There's no link from objects to the variables that refer to them. – Barmar Jul 02 '21 at 00:35
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References just go one way. – Barmar Jul 02 '21 at 00:37

assigning the string value of the variable that holds an object to the object as a property

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