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Can you use reflection to find the name of the currently executing method?
C# how to get the name of the current method from code

For example:

void foo() {
    Console.Write(__MYNAME__);
}

print: foo

it's possible do it in C#?

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Jack
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  • In .Net 4.5, you can use CallerMemberNameAttribute to get the name of the caller. See https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.runtime.compilerservices.callermembernameattribute(v=vs.110).aspx ... You can then wrap the body of your function in an anonymous function as in ([CallerMemberName] string functionName = "")=>{ }. The problems with using the reflection method as in the accepted answer are that (1) the function may be inlined, and/or (2) the function name may be obfuscated if it is non-public and the code is obfuscated. – GreatAndPowerfulOz Mar 04 '16 at 22:13

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Try this:

System.Reflection.MethodBase.GetCurrentMethod().Name
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    For people using .Net 4.5, there's [CallerMemberNameAttribute](https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.runtime.compilerservices.callermembernameattribute.aspx) – bohdan_trotsenko Mar 17 '16 at 14:34
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You can check the stack trace

using System.Diagnostics;

// get call stack
StackTrace stackTrace = new StackTrace();

// get calling method name
Console.WriteLine(stackTrace.GetFrame(0).GetMethod().Name);

But beware, if the method is inlined you get the parent method name.

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