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Created August 15, 2017 23:00
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get a javascript function name
function getFnName(fn) {
var f = typeof fn == 'function';
var s = f && ((fn.name && ['', fn.name]) || fn.toString().match(/function ([^\(]+)/));
return (!f && 'not a function') || (s && s[1] || 'anonymous');
}
console.log(getFnName(String)); // 'String'
console.log(getFnName(function test(){})); // 'test'
console.log(getFnName(function (){})); // 'anonymous'
console.log(getFnName(function(){})); // 'anonymous'
console.log(getFnName(Function())); // 'anonymous'
console.log(getFnName({name: 'test'})); // 'not a function'
console.log(getFnName('test')); // 'not a function'
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