Asking about local variable

[robloxjw02 (TheRaven)]

I know this is weird and seems like a stupid question, but may I ask if there is a way to print the local variable name instead of their value

let’s say i have

local abc = “hey” 

and then we can print the local variable name which is abc.

[Valkyrop (JustAGuy)]

Do these articles help?

(Check the last comments on the first one(

How to get the name of a variable to a string?

Okay this might not be possible and probably is way out of reach for Lua but I want to get the name if a variable/function/table, for example: local a = function () return "yes" end print(tostring(a)) I want it to print “a” but it prints: function: 0x639a0eedbdc14364 Instead. How could I do this?

How to print variable instead of variable's value

something i wanted to achieve local var = "var1" print(idk) -- idk is i want to print the variable

[avodey (avocado)]

I don’t see why you would need this, but I guess for debugging purposes you could print the variable name and its value to see what it’s set as, to see if everything is working as intended.

local thing1 = "thing2"
print("thing1 is", thing1) --> thing1 is thing2

[V_ladzec (Volter)]

you could use getfenv() but it will not work for local variables

a = 10
b = "epic"
print(getfenv()) -- {["a"] = 10, ["b"] = "epic"}

[robloxjw02 (TheRaven)]

I know this is weird and seems like a stupid question.
I said this before, that’s why. Just for curiousity

[JarodOfOrbiter]

Local variables work differently behind the scenes. They run faster and using them can help to keep your code clean and ensure proper garbage collection.

You might be interested in dictionaries.

local variables = {abc = "hey"}

You can iterate over this to get abc from hey.