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

There is no such thing as "name of the instance". What you're saying about is the name of the specific reference to the object; there could be many references to the same object, all with different names. Also, linking code and data (i.e. relying on the variable name) is a bad practice.

If you want Car to have some name, then name it explicitly:

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

Car myCar = new Car { Name = "myCar" };