How to get function parameter names/values dynamically?

Question

Is there a way to get the function parameter names of a function dynamically?

Let’s say my function looks like this:

function doSomething(param1, par         


        

Answer 1

I have modified the version taken from AngularJS that implements a dependency injection mechanism to work without Angular. I have also updated the STRIP_COMMENTS regex to work with ECMA6, so it supports things like default values in the signature.

var FN_ARGS = /^function\s*[^\(]*\(\s*([^\)]*)\)/m;
var FN_ARG_SPLIT = /,/;
var FN_ARG = /^\s*(_?)(.+?)\1\s*$/;
var STRIP_COMMENTS = /(\/\/.*$)|(\/\*[\s\S]*?\*\/)|(\s*=[^,\)]*(('(?:\\'|[^'\r\n])*')|("(?:\\"|[^"\r\n])*"))|(\s*=[^,\)]*))/mg;

function annotate(fn) {
  var $inject,
    fnText,
    argDecl,
    last;

  if (typeof fn == 'function') {
    if (!($inject = fn.$inject)) {
      $inject = [];
      fnText = fn.toString().replace(STRIP_COMMENTS, '');
      argDecl = fnText.match(FN_ARGS);
      argDecl[1].split(FN_ARG_SPLIT).forEach(function(arg) {
        arg.replace(FN_ARG, function(all, underscore, name) {
          $inject.push(name);
        });
      });
      fn.$inject = $inject;
    }
  } else {
    throw Error("not a function")
  }
  return $inject;
}

console.log("function(a, b)",annotate(function(a, b) {
  console.log(a, b, c, d)
}))
console.log("function(a, b = 0, /*c,*/ d)",annotate(function(a, b = 0, /*c,*/ d) {
  console.log(a, b, c, d)
}))
annotate({})