The Object class has a class method that returns the name of an instance's class : Class Reflection « Reflection « Ruby






The Object class has a class method that returns the name of an instance's class


myString = "asdf"

myString.class # => String

 








Related examples in the same category

1.Call ancestors on a class name to see its inheritance hierarchy, like this:
2.class attribute of string instance
3.The class method supercedes Object's deprecated method type, or gets the name of the class as a string with the name method
4.To determine the name of the superclass
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