# the function must be defined in such a place
# ... so as to "catch" the binding of the vars ... cheesy
# otherwise we're kinda stuck with the extra param on the caller
@_binding = binding
def write_pair(p, b = @_binding)
eval("
local_variables.each do |v|
if eval(v.to_s + \".object_id\") == " + p.object_id.to_s + "
puts v.to_s + ': ' + \"" + p.to_s + "\"
end
end
" , b)
end
# if the binding is an issue just do here:
# write_pair = lambda { |p| write_pair(p, binding) }
# just some test vars to make sure it works
username1 = "tyndall"
username = "tyndall"
username3 = "tyndall"
# the result:
write_pair(username)
# username: tyndall
I copied it from stackoverflow:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2603617/ruby-print-the-variable-name-and-then-its-value