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Revision: 67300
at September 5, 2014 19:20 by zandor
Updated Code 
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="javascript" TYPE="text/javascript">
Function.prototype.myname = function() { return this.toString().substr( 0, this.toString().indexOf( "(" ) ).replace( "function ", "" ) ; }
Function.prototype.callername = function( _level )
{
     // level 0 is this functon
     _level = parseInt( _level, 10 );      if ( isNaN( _level ) || _level < 0 ) _level = 0 ;
     var _eval_str = "arguments.callee" ;
     for( var _l = 0 ; _l <= _level ; _l++ ) _eval_str += ".caller" ;
     
     _eval_str += ".myname();" ;
     return eval( _eval_str ) ;
}

function _child_caller()
{
    document.write( "This function is " + arguments.callee.callername(0) ) ;
    document.write( "<br>" );
    document.write( "Parent function is " + arguments.callee.callername(1) ) ;
    document.write( "<br>" );
    document.write( "Grand Parent function is " + arguments.callee.callername(2) ) ;
}

function _parent_caller()
{
    _child_caller() ;
}

function _grand_parent_caller()
{
    _parent_caller() ;
}

_grand_parent_caller();
</SCRIPT>

Revision: 67299
at September 5, 2014 19:18 by zandor
Initial Code 
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="javascript" TYPE="text/javascript">
Function.prototype.myname = function() { return this.toString().substr( 0, this.toString().indexOf( "(" ) ).replace( "function ", "" ) ; }
Function.prototype.callername = function( _level )
{
     // level 0 is this functon
     _level = parseInt( _level, 10 );      if ( isNaN( _level ) || _level < 0 ) _level = 0 ;
     var _eval_str = "arguments.callee" ;
     for( var _l = 0 ; _l <= _level ; _l++ ) _eval_str += ".caller" ;
     
     _eval_str += ".myname();" ;
     console.log( _eval_str );
     return eval( _eval_str ) ;
}

function _child_caller()
{
    document.write( "This function is " + arguments.callee.callername(0) ) ;
    document.write( "<br>" );
    document.write( "Parent function is " + arguments.callee.callername(1) ) ;
    document.write( "<br>" );
    document.write( "Grand Parent function is " + arguments.callee.callername(2) ) ;
}

function _parent_caller()
{
    _child_caller() ;
}

function _grand_parent_caller()
{
    _parent_caller() ;
}

_grand_parent_caller();
</SCRIPT>
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                                        Initial Description
                                        

                                    

                                    
This snippet allows to know the parent function caller name of any level from the calling function.

                                

                                                            

                                    

                                        

                                        Initial Title
                                        

                                    

                                    
Recursive parental function callers

                                

                                                            

                                    

                                        

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javascript, function

                                

                                                            

                                    

                                        

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JavaScript