Re: Can the code of a function obtain the names of its arguments?
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- Subject: [mg124436] Re: Can the code of a function obtain the names of its arguments?
- From: DrMajorBob <btreat1 at austin.rr.com>
- Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2012 05:15:30 -0500 (EST)
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Attributes[xPrint] = {HoldAll, Listable};
xPrint[x_] := (Print[HoldForm[x], " =", Tab, x]);
xPrint[x_, y__] := (xPrint[x]; xPrint[y])
a = 5;
b = 6;
xPrint[a, b, Pi, a + b]
a = 5
b = 6
\[Pi] = \[Pi]
a+b = 11
Bobby
On Wed, 18 Jan 2012 04:59:30 -0600, James Stein <mathgroup at stein.org>
wrote:
> I fear the answer is no, because I suspect that once values are bound to
> the names, there might seem to be scant use in keeping the names around.
>
> But I have a little debugging routine in mind I'd like to implement, so
> I'm
> hoping the answer is yes. (And if yes, how?)
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