print a parameter name and value (with a function)

[albert kao]

Is there a way to print a parameter name and value (with a function)?
e.g. with the following code, how to define printvar to get the same output?

int i = 10;
System.out.println("i " + i);
String name = "John";
System.out.println("name " + name);

int i = 10;
printvar(i);
String name = "John";
printvar(name);

Output:
i 10
name John
i 10
name John

[David Newton]

Put the code in a method called "printvar"?

I guess I don't understand the question--are you just asking how to create a Java method? Moving to beginning Java.

[Seetharaman Venkatasamy]

reflection?

[David Newton]

Seetharaman Venkatasamy wrote:reflection?

Surely there's an easier way to print a string and a number than using reflection. Let's give the original poster a chance to explain what they're asking and attempt some code first.

But I sure don't see anything requiring reflection yet.

[Joanne Neal]

I think he's asking whether if he passes a variable to a method, that method can print out the name of the variable and its value
i.e. printvar(i) will print out the name of the variable (i) and the value of the variable (10) as i = 10.

The answer is no, because Java is pass by value. What actually gets passed to the method is the value 10. The method knows nothing about the variable i.

[David Newton]

Ah, that makes more sense now. But yeah, the answer is no :) You'd need to pass the name of the variable or come up with some other mechanism.

[Shanky Sohar]

Question is not clear.....

[albert kao]

Joanne Neal wrote:I think he's asking whether if he passes a variable to a method, that method can print out the name of the variable and its value
i.e. printvar(i) will print out the name of the variable (i) and the value of the variable (10) as i = 10.

The answer is no, because Java is pass by value. What actually gets passed to the method is the value 10. The method knows nothing about the variable i.

Thank you for your understanding of my question.
Your answer means that both the name of the variable and its value are needed for the function parameters:

printvar("i", i);
printvar("name", name);

[David Newton]

Correct; there's no way to know the name of a parameter at runtime.