Extracting name strings from assigned objects

[Shannon Mayne]

I would like to ask how one might obtain the assigned name of an
assigned object as a string. I would like to use object names as an
algorithmic input.
To demonstrate... So if i have:

>>foo = {}

what can I do to the object 'foo' so as to return the string 'foo'?

Thanks!

[Simon Brunning]

2008/10/28 Shannon Mayne <sh******@gmail.com>:

I would like to ask how one might obtain the assigned name of an
assigned object as a string.

That's in the FAQ: <http://tinyurl.com/3xkeac>.

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Cheers,
Simon B.
si***@brunningonline.net

[Steven D'Aprano]

On Tue, 28 Oct 2008 09:23:46 -0700, Shannon Mayne wrote:

I would like to ask how one might obtain the assigned name of an
assigned object as a string. I would like to use object names as an
algorithmic input.
To demonstrate... So if i have:

>>>foo = {}

what can I do to the object 'foo' so as to return the string 'foo'?

There's a lot of confusion there. The object 'foo' is a string, and it
doesn't occur anywhere in your code. The name foo is not an object, it is
a name. Perhaps you meant the object {} (an empty dict)?

The object {} doesn't know what names (note plural) it has been bound
too. It could be bound to one name:

foo = {}

or many names:

foo = bar = baz = flib = {}

or no names at all:

{}
Names are not properties of objects. You can't do what you are trying to
do. If you tell us why you want to do this, perhaps we can suggest a way
to do it.

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Steven