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Get the name of the current method in Ruby (See related posts)

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'
to ruby methods metaprogramming meta caller by jswizard on Fri Aug 04 15:22:00 -0400 2006

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