Display characteristics name in checkout

Hi,
I was wondering, if one could get to display characteristics name and value in checkout cart just like the custom item fields?
When I print_r($row) in checkout/cart.php view, I can see there is characteristics array. But that array has only characteristics id's and not names.
So the question is - how do I get characteristics names in that array?

Hi LVlidbiters,

Try with that in a column:

foreach($row->characteristics as $characteristic){
	echo $characteristic->characteristic_value;
}

No, you didn't understand me correctly.
I want to display characteristics value along with its name. For example, if a shirt is sold and its characteristic is size, then I want them to display in the checkout table like this:
Shirt, Size: L. By default I can only get Shirt L. I need "size" to be displayed also.

And no, can not use custom item fields for this.

Thanks, but like I said in my first post, there are only characteristic values in that array in checkout/cart.php view available.
So the only option for me is the second one.

Oh, thanks! This should really help me

This did the trick for me:
<?php foreach($row->characteristics as $characteristic){
echo "<br /><span class='characteristic'>".$this->orderInfos->products[$i-1]->characteristics[$characteristic->characteristic_parent_id]->characteristic_value.": ".$characteristic->characteristic_value."</span>";
} ?>
Maybe it will help somebody.