to get array name that is passed to a java script function

[raja_tlr]

hi all,

I want to get the name of the array(not elements) that is passed to a function.

So i can do operations based on the array name.

Thank U

[BonRouge]

Can you send the array name as part of the array? (Just an idea).

[mrhoo]

An Array doesn't have a name. The variable you think of as the Array's name is just a transient handle that points to the Array. It isn't a string, it's string value is the string value of the Array.

If you need a string, make the Array a property of some object and use the property name.

[raja_tlr]

hi,

Thank u for ur ideas.

I prefer to pass the array name along with values.

[Buddy Bradley]

Arrays don't have names, as mrhoo said, so you can't 'pass the array name'. You can call it whatever you want in the function that you are passing it to.

[MRoderick]

You should look into using JSON instead then ... then you can have a name for your object and each of the values inside it ... like this

function myFunc( jsonobject ){
myObject = eval ( jsonobject )
alert( myObject.name )
}

www.json.org

[Pepejeria]

Why the use of eval?

Simply pass an Object with 2 properties, name and data (or whatever you wanna call it)

function myFunction(oMyObject)
{
     alert(oMyObject.name); // animalObject

     alert(oMyObject.name + " has " + oMyObject.data.length + " animals");
}

var oMyAnimalObject = {
    name: "animalObject",
    data: [
        "dog",
        "cat",
        "horse",
        "pig",
        "bird"
   ]
};

myFunction(oMyAnimalObject);

[felgall]

That is a perfectly valid Javascript notation that predates its being borrowsd for use with JSON.

[Pepejeria]

Felgall, I didn't quite get to whom your answer was to.