David Bear wrote: > Let's say I have a list called, alist. If I pass alist to a function, > how can I get the name of it? > > alist = range(10) > > def afunction(list): > listName = list.__name__ (fails for a list object)
In general, you don't. A particular object can have any number of names in various scopes or have no name at all. In particular, in your code, the same list object has 2 names in 2 scopes, "alist" in the global scope and "list" in afunction's local scope. alist = range(10) blist = alist clist = [alist] alist is blist alist is clist[0] -- Robert Kern [EMAIL PROTECTED] "In the fields of hell where the grass grows high Are the graves of dreams allowed to die." -- Richard Harter -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
