variable names of c/cpp

[arpanmukherjee1]

hello people,

I was thinking about pointers that would retrieve the variable name and NOT the value....
i know that after compiled the prg does not have any var name.
but if i want to write a prg like

int a=2,b=3,sum;
sum=a+b;
cout<< THE VAR NAME "sum" <<sum;

even if the program is compiled int he debug mode
basically want to understand how var names are stored in c/c++;

[dheeraj_kumar]

basically want to understand how var names are stored in c/c++;

Its very simple to understand. Variable names are NOT stored in the compiled program. Its all memory locations. So you cant do what you want to do.

[Faun]

Compiler optimizations + Theory of Computation

[ash25_nofear]

Variable names are only programmer's reference for the memory location of the same....