[Scilab-users] Getting the variable name used for a function input argument

[Stéphane Mottelet]

Hello Jens.

Nothing sophisticated here.

print myVar

is considered by the parser as

print("myVar")

See "Calling function"/item 4.

https://help.scilab.org/docs/6.1.1/en_US/functions.html

S.

Le 06/12/2021 à 10:40, Jens Simon Strom a écrit :
> Hi Samuel,
> Your solution is quite sophisticated. To me it was confusing to call a 
> function without the input being bracketed. And on top of this, that a 
> variable of type /constant/ is accepted as a /string/ within the 
> function. Scilab seems to be more flexible than I would dare to 
> imagine before now. However it works fine. Thanks again.
>
> Regards
> Jens
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
>
>
> Am 05.12.2021 um 20:02 schrieb Samuel Gougeon:
>> Le 04/12/2021 à 20:59, Samuel Gougeon a écrit :
>>>
>>> So, /unless you need to know the name *inside* printc() for some 
>>> unsaid purpose/, what would be the difference between in one hand
>>>
>>> [name, mag, arg] = printc(myvar, "myvar")
>>>
>>> and on the other hand
>>>
>>> name = "myvar";
>>> [mag, arg] = printc(myvar)
>>>
>>> ?
>>>
>>
>> So, after your mail in private, you actually needs the variable's 
>> name inside the function.
>> Then, the easiest way to do what you expect could be to pass only the 
>> name:
>>
>> function  printc(name)
>>    execstr("c = "+name)
>>    //Drucken einer komplexen Zahl mit Betrag und Winkel/°
>>    mprintf([name+': %f /_%7.2f°\n'],abs(c),  180/%pi*atan(imag(c),real(c)))
>> endfunction
>> --> myVar = 3 - 2*%i
>> myVar =
>> 3. - 2.i
>>
>> --> printc myVar
>> myVar: 3.605551 /_ -33.69°
>>
>> Regards
>> Samuel
>>
>>
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