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Is there a way to display the variable name instead of its value? for example, I need something likevarname = 1; function[varname]; and the output is varname instead of 1

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    $\begingroup$ Have you looked into HoldForm? There are many threads on Holding around, please have a look. $\endgroup$
    – Yves Klett
    Commented Sep 16, 2014 at 13:13

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varname = 1;

SetAttributes[ShowName, HoldAll]

ShowName[name_] :=
 Row[{"The name is ", HoldForm @ varname, " and its value is ", ReleaseHold @ varname}]

ShowName @ varname

The name is varname and its value is 1

Or simply

HoldForm @ varname

varname

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    $\begingroup$ Why not just say ShowName = HoldForm? $\endgroup$
    – Michael E2
    Commented Sep 16, 2014 at 13:20
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There's also Defer to accomplish this:

varname = 1;

Defer @ varname

varname

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