jQuery console.log Current Function Name

Sam Deering
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Here is some quick JavaScript code snippets to find out and log the current function name in JavaScript.

//way 1
var fName = arguments.callee.toString();
console.log(fName);
fName = fName.substr('function '.length);
console.log(fName);
fName = fName.substr(0, fName.indexOf('('));
console.log(fName);

//way 2
var fName = arguments.callee.toString().match(/functions+([^s(]+)/);
console.log(fName);
console.log(fName[1]);

//way 3
var fName = arguments.callee.toString(),
    regEx = /^functions+([^(]+)/
console.log(regEx.exec(fName)[1]);

Does anyone know of a way to get the function name for a object literal syntax function?? I don’t think it’s possible…