# nameof proc

Source: https://ref.dm-lang.org/proc/nameof
Added in BYOND 515.

### Format
- `nameof(Var)`
- `nameof(ProcRef)`
- `nameof(Path)`


### Args
- `Var`: A variable, e.g. src.density or foo
- `ProcRef`: A proc reference, e.g. /mob
- `Path`: A type path, e.g. /obj/item/barrel.


This returns the name of a var or proc, or the last part of a type path. This proc only exists at compile-time.

The main purpose of this proc is to turn a proc reference into a name, which is useful in some esoteric situations.

```dm /nameof/
var/list/event_queue

proc/CallLater(object, procref, a, b, c)
    var/list/forlater = list(object, nameof(procref), a, b, c)
    event_queue ||= list()
    event_queue[++event_queue.len] = forlater

world/Tick()
    while(length(event_queue))
        var/list/forlater = event_queue[1]
        event_queue.Cut(1,2)
        var/object = forlater[1]
        var/procname = forlater[2]
        var/a = forlater[3]
        var/b = forlater[4]
        var/c = forlater[5]
        call(object, procname)(a, b, c)
```

### See also
> [:: operator](https://ref.dm-lang.org/operator/coloncolon.md)