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How to print a variable name in C?

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How to print and store a variable name in string variable?

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In C, there’s a # directive, also called ‘Stringizing Operator’, which does this magic. Basically # directive converts its argument in a string.




#include <stdio.h>
#define getName(var)  #var
  
int main()
{
    int myVar;
    printf("%s", getName(myVar));
    return 0;


Output:

myVar


We can also store variable name in a string using sprintf() in C.




# include <stdio.h>
# define getName(var, str)  sprintf(str, "%s", #var) 
  
int main()
{
    int myVar;
    char str[20];
    getName(myVar, str);
    printf("%s", str);
    return 0;


Output:

myVar

Last Updated : 28 Jun, 2021
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