------ art_251112_23879260.1157658822682 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline def meth(argy) > p local_variables > end The problem with this solution is that it does not get the name of the variable that it was called with, just what it's assigned to (and not entirely useful, though definitely not useless). I think Le is asking about how to get the name of the variable where the value is being copied to argy from. M.T. ------ art_251112_23879260.1157658822682--