function main()
{
Hello();
}
function Hello()
{
// How do you find out the caller function is \'main\'?
}
Is there a way to find out the call
As far as I know, we have 2 way for this from given sources like this-
arguments.caller
function whoCalled()
{
if (arguments.caller == null)
console.log('I was called from the global scope.');
else
console.log(arguments.caller + ' called me!');
}
Function.caller
function myFunc()
{
if (myFunc.caller == null) {
return 'The function was called from the top!';
}
else
{
return 'This function\'s caller was ' + myFunc.caller;
}
}
Think u have your answer :).
Here, everything but the functionname
is stripped from caller.toString()
, with RegExp.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<title>Show the callers name</title><!-- This validates as html5! -->
<script>
main();
function main() { Hello(); }
function Hello(){
var name = Hello.caller.toString().replace(/\s\([^#]+$|^[^\s]+\s/g,'');
name = name.replace(/\s/g,'');
if ( typeof window[name] !== 'function' )
alert ("sorry, the type of "+name+" is "+ typeof window[name]);
else
alert ("The name of the "+typeof window[name]+" that called is "+name);
}
</script>
here is a function to get full stacktrace:
function stacktrace() {
var f = stacktrace;
var stack = 'Stack trace:';
while (f) {
stack += '\n' + f.name;
f = f.caller;
}
return stack;
}
If you are not going to run it in IE < 11 then console.trace() would suit.
function main() {
Hello();
}
function Hello() {
console.trace()
}
main()
// Hello @ VM261:9
// main @ VM261:4
Note you can't use Function.caller in Node.js, use caller-id package instead. For example:
var callerId = require('caller-id');
function foo() {
bar();
}
function bar() {
var caller = callerId.getData();
/*
caller = {
typeName: 'Object',
functionName: 'foo',
filePath: '/path/of/this/file.js',
lineNumber: 5,
topLevelFlag: true,
nativeFlag: false,
evalFlag: false
}
*/
}
function Hello() {
alert(Hello.caller);
}