How to get the specific name of the current method in Ruby?
Example:
class Pages
def home
@title = self.name
end
end
I want to get this result:
p = Pages.new
p.home # it must print "home"
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joelparkerhenderson
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I edited your question for language and grammar. I hope I got you what you want. If not, you can edit the question yourself to clarify. – joelparkerhenderson Dec 27 '14 at 04:09
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thank mr joelparkerhenderson – Yudians Dec 27 '14 at 06:23
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Well, What you're looking for is the variable "__method__" which should return a symbol representing the current method. That variable is in scope whenever you are inside a method.
To get the variable as a string: __method__.to_s
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