Single variable function returning variable name and value

[stepanVL]

Is it possible to write AHK function to do this?

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firstVariable := 34
nextVariable := 42
MsgBox %  MySpecialFunction(firstVariable)		;    returns     "firstVariable : 34"
MsgBox % MySpecialFunction(nextVariable) 		;   returns      "nextVariable: 42"

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Lets say I am debugging MyTest()

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MyTest()
	{
	Loop, 10
		{
    		score := getScore(a_index)
    		;  MsgBox %  "score " . score  "; index " . a_index  ; Method 1  - too many Messages
    		; acc := acc . "`r`ntest1 score: " . score   . " index " . a_index   ; Method 2
    		
   		if (score  > 80){
   			; MsgBox % "exiting test 1 - true`r`n" . acc    ;  Method 2 continued - it requires too much code too much writing required 
   			return "Test 1 : " .  score . " points after  " . a_index . " steps"   		
   			}	
   		}
   		Loop, 20
		{
    		anotherScore := getAnotherScore(a_index)
    		;  MsgBox %  "anotherScore " . anotherScore "; index " . a_index  ; Method 1  - too many Messages
    		; acc := acc . "`r`ntest1 score: " . score   . " index " . a_index   ; Method 2 ... we forgot to replace   "score" with   "anotherScore " .. missleading output
    		; MyDbg.append(anotherScore )   ; Method 3 - least clicks: just ^c^v "MyDbg.append()" then paste "anotherScore "
   		if (score  > 60){
   			; MsgBox % "exiting test 1 - true`r`n" . acc    ;  Method 2 continued   .. test 2 again
   			; MyDbg.Msg()    ;; Method 3 desired method
   			return "Test 2 : " .  anotherScore  . " points after  " . a_index . " steps"
   			}
   		}
   	; MsgBox % "exiting method" . acc  ; Method 2
   	return "Low scores in tests 1 and 2"
      }

results are off, so I want to MsgBox text like
loop1: (1,3), (2,38),..
loop2: (1,12121) ! found. Success!

I have two options :
Method 1: add two lines of MsgBox inside of the loop (fast but tones of boxes)
Method 2: use append - cleaner output, but too much typing, easy to make mistakes, leaves a lot of dead code
Method 3: fast, clean, reliable. But I can't get mapping

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MsgBox %  MySpecialFunction(firstVariable)		;    returns     "firstVariable : 34"
MsgBox % MySpecialFunction(nextVariable) 		;   returns      "nextVariable: 42"

[Helgef]

Not that I'm aware. For global variables you can do like this, note that it doesn't work for a local variable,

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firstVariable := 34
nextVariable := 42
MsgBox %  MySpecialFunction("firstVariable")		;    returns     "firstVariable : 34"
MsgBox % MySpecialFunction("nextVariable") 		;   returns      "nextVariable: 42"

f()
f(){
	v := 1
	msgbox % MySpecialFunction("v")	; NO
}

MySpecialFunction(varName){	
	return varName  " : " %varName%
}

Cheers.

[nadjibSoft]

Put the value and the name in array.... and return the array
clear ?

[stepanVL]

Put the value and the name in array.... and return the array... clear ?

I know how to store multiple values in collections (Arrays in this case)

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; ...
VarNamesArray[3] := "variableX"
VarValuesArray[3] := variableX
; ...

My question is different though.. I've edited it.

[SirRFI]

Maybe this?:

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Global Variables := []
Variables["VarOne"] := 32
Variables["OtherVar"] := 16
Variables["Another"] := 8

MsgBox % TestFunc("OtherVar")

TestFunc(arg)
{
	return % arg " : " Variables[arg]
}

If not, maybe toy around ByRef and DeRef (%varName in expression)?

[FanaticGuru]

Maybe I am missing something but this seems pretty simply if you are willing to send the variable name as a literal.

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firstVariable := 34
nextVariable := 42
MsgBox %  MySpecialFunction("firstVariable")		;    returns     "firstVariable : 34"
MsgBox % MySpecialFunction("nextVariable") 		;   returns      "nextVariable: 42"


MySpecialFunction(var)
{
	return var " : " (%var%)
}

If it must be MySpecialFunction(firstVariable) then you are in for a very difficult time to get the actual name of the variable ("firstVariable") that was used to pass information even when using ByRef. It is possible but probably more work than it is worth. More an academic challenge.

FG