Get the instance name of the object no the object type name in C# 4.0

Question

Assume this type:

public class Car { } 

And I create an instance of that:

Car myCar = new Car();

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Answer 1

Objects do not have a name, unless they explicitly have a way to store their name. myCar is a local variable - the object itself (the Car) does not know that you are referring to it by the name myCar. To illustrate:

Car myCar = new Car();
Car car2 = myCar;
Car car3 = myCar;

Now all three variables refer to the same Car.

If you want cars to have names, you could do

public class Car 
{
    public string Name { get; set; }
} 

and then assign and read whatever name you want it to have.