# Trace Function Name?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/trace-function-name/316217>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [November 16, 2010, 9:27am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/trace-function-name/316217 "2010-11-16T09:27:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![fikontrollet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/35a633/32.png) [@fikontrollet](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/fikontrollet)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2010, 9:27am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/trace-function-name/316217/1 "2010-11-16T09:27:42Z")

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Hey, how would you trace the name of a function, without writing it yourself, is it possible?

So if I have:

private function destroy():void{  
trace();  
}

how would the trace look like to trace out some kind of refecence-name to destroy? _(without typing in destroy into the trace ofc…)_