Is there a way to get the name of the caller function within the callee? [duplicate]

Answer 1

Try callee.caller like this

 function showMe() {
        // should log the runMe as the caller and showMe as callee
        console.log('Callee: ',arguments.callee.name)
        console.log('Caller: ',arguments.callee.caller.name);
      }

Answer 2

Does this work for you?

function showMe() {
    // should log the runMe as the caller and showMe as callee
    console.log('Callee: ',arguments.callee)
    console.log('Caller: ',arguments.callee.caller);
  }

Note, this is non-standard javascript.

https://developer.mozilla.org/en/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Function/caller

Answer 3

You used to be able to do arguments.caller.name, but this is deprecated in Javascript 1.3.

arguments.callee.caller.name (or just showMe.caller.name) is another way to go. This is non-standard, and not supported in strict mode, but otherwise currently supported in all major browsers (ref).

Answer 4

I think it's....

arguments.callee.caller