variable name to string

[digitalecartoon]

Is it possible to convert a given variable name to a string?

function vartostring(mystring:String) {
    //something like var newstring:String = parsevarname(mystring)
    trace (newstring);//output 'hello'
}
vartostring(hello);

[Captain Planet]

Is it possible to convert a given variable name to a string?

function vartostring(mystring:String) {
    //something like var newstring:String = parsevarname(mystring)
    trace (newstring);//output 'hello'
}
vartostring(hello);

Maybe it's late in the day, but this doesnt make sense to me. If you know the name of the variable (hello) because you're passing it in as an argument, why do you need to try and retrieve the name again? Are you trying to do something like this? (see below) Maybe I just need to catch up on some sleep.

var test:String = "example"
trace(printVarName("test"))

function printVarName(varname:String):String
{
	return(this[varname])
}

[digitalecartoon]

Well, I came up with this question working on this: I wanna write a function where I can pass the hexadeximal colour number e.g.

function colorme(CCADFF);

And the function 'colorme' being something like:

function colorme(mystring:String) {
    trace ("0x"+mystring);
}

To form a 0xCCAD00 number which I can pass to a colortransform function.

But CCADFF would now be seen as a variable off course and transfer as 'undefined'.

I would have to add quotes

function colorme("CCADFF");

or the complete hex number

function colorme(0xCCADFF);

But to make it simple I would just want to pass the name

function colorme(CCADFF);

That's why I was looking for a function which would prevent this to be seen as a variable and instead turn it into a string.

Possible or not?

[Captain Planet]

errrm, why not just pass it in as a string? I know what you're getting at, but a) I dont think it's possible and b) I don't see the advantage.

colorMe("ff9933")

function colorMe(colorAsHex:String):Void
{
	myColor = new Color(myMovieClip);
	myColor.setRGB("0x" + colorAsHex);
}

or assign the color to a variable first, and pass in the variable:

var myColor:String 
myColor = "0xff9933"
colorMe(myColor)

function colorMe(colorAsHex:String):Void
{
	myColor = new Color(myMovieClip);
	myColor.setRGB(colorAsHex);
}

I've not tested this code because I'm not near my dev. machine, but you get the idea....