Getting the name of a class in C++

Question

In my print method, I want to print the name of my Team class ("Bar"). Is there a way to get the name of a class without sending it as an argument? I want to build inside the ostream cout << operator something like "Team name : **function that gets the name ("Bar" in this case) **"

int main ()
{
    cout << "hello"<<endl;
    Team Bar;

    for (int i = 0; i < 2; i++)
    {
        Bar.addPlayer();
    }

    cout << Bar; //here I want to print the name of the Team ("Bar") without having a string Bar as a parameter

    Bar.manage();
    cout << Bar;

    return 0;
}

In fact, do you want to print the variable name? Please include also the definition of the Team class. `Bar` is just an instance of the class, aka a variable. The answer to your question may lay [here](http://stackoverflow.com/q/1623111/2436175). — Antonio, Oct 07 '15 at 11:12
Hmm, weird, I listed two duplicates in the close vote, but only one appeared when the question got closed. Anyway, the second one was http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3649278/how-can-i-get-the-class-name-from-a-c-object — SingerOfTheFall, Oct 07 '15 at 11:14
@Lightness, well, I'm sure I have tried listing the URLs separated by a comma before, and it seemed to work. — SingerOfTheFall, Oct 07 '15 at 11:15
@SingerOfTheFall: Really? I must try that! (Seems unlikely, though...) — Lightness Races in Orbit, Oct 07 '15 at 11:21
@Lightness, well, it's also possible that my memory fails me and it had never worked like that... — SingerOfTheFall, Oct 07 '15 at 11:24

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 07 '15 at 11:13

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No. This has nothing to do with classes: you cannot print, at runtime, the name of any variable. Those names no longer exist after your code is compiled.

answered Oct 07 '15 at 11:13

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inb4 "yes they do as debug symbols" shush irrelevant and not helpful here – Lightness Races in Orbit Oct 07 '15 at 11:13
There are programmatic ways, though. See http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1623111/programmatic-way-to-get-variable-name-in-c – Antonio Oct 08 '15 at 14:42

Getting the name of a class in C++

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