Variable name as a string in Javascript

Question

Is there a way to get a variable name as a string in Javascript? (like NSStringFromSelector in Cocoa)

I would like to do like this:

var myFirstName =         


        

Answer 1

Since ECMAScript 5.1 you can use Object.keys to get the names of all properties from an object.

Here is an example:

// Get John’s properties (firstName, lastName)
var john = {firstName: 'John', lastName: 'Doe'};
var properties = Object.keys(john);

// Show John’s properties
var message = 'John’s properties are: ' + properties.join(', ');
document.write(message);