The name of an class?

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1

maybe a dummy question. sorry.

class Base
  def theName
    # the name i would like return should be "Question" mean the name of the class
    # calling this function
  end
end

class Question < Base
  def get( name )
    File.open( theName, 'r' ).each { | line |
      puts line
    }
  end
end

how can i get the name "Question" in a String. I need this as an identifier.

thanks
Karl-Heinz

2

I think that what you want is self.class.name --

class Base
   def theName
      self.class.name
   end
end

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On Mon, 2004-06-21 at 07:19 +0900, Karl-Heinz Wild wrote:

maybe a dummy question. sorry.

class Base
  def theName
    # the name i would like return should be "Question" mean the name of
the class
    # calling this function
  end
end

class Question < Base
  def get( name )
    File.open( theName, 'r' ).each { | line |
      puts line
    }
  end
end

how can i get the name "Question" in a String. I need this as an
identifier.