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Get The Name Of The Current Method In Ruby

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Aug. 04, 06 · · Code Snippet
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Found at http://nubyonrails.com/articles/2006/08/04/seattle-rbbq


def method_name
  if  /`(.*)'/.match(caller.first)
    return $1
  end
  nil
end

def blah
  puts method_name
end

blah  # => 'blah'

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