On Feb 12, 2008, at 13:05 , Jari Williamsson wrote:

> Is there a method available to get only the class name, without  
> getting the module name prior to it? Alternatively, to get the class  
> name within the current name space context?
>
> For example, self.class could return something like this:
> MyModule::MyClass
> (I would like to only get the "MyClass" part.)
>
> Or do I have to resort to string manipulation/regexps?

Indeed, you do it by hand, something like this:

    name.split('::').last || ''

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