title: get string representation of a variable name in as3
body: <p>any way of doing this is as3? </p>
  
  <p>for example, if I have a <code>var dog:String</code>, how can I get "dog" out of that variable?</p>
  
  <p>Looking into reflection to do this, but there's got to be an easier way</p>
  
  <p>--
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