Retrieving the variable name as a string

[greatnatedevgithub]

i have a dictionary called pokemon and its like this

var pokemon : Dictionary = {
"charmander": 1
etc
}

and i want to store lets say dictname as pokemon so how would i do that kinda like if there was a var_name_to_string function?

[nutlike4693]

Not sure that I follow, can you explain a little more? Maybe give some mock code doing what you would like to do?

[sancho2]

I assume you are passing a variable to a function?

my_func(pokemon)    
... 
func my_func(dictionary_to_pass:Dictionary):   
    dictname =    ??? #original dictionary variable name wanted here

The absolute easiest route here is just to add a name element to your dictionaries.

var pokemon : Dictionary = { 
    "name": "pokemon", 
    "charmander": 1
    etc
}
var pokemon2 : Dictionary = { 
    "name": "pokemon2", 
    "charmander": 1
    etc
}
....
func my_func(dictionary_to_pass:Dictionary):   
    dictname =    dictionary_to_pass["name"] #original dictionary variable name wanted here