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instance method

Symbol#name

name → string

VALUE
rb_sym2str(VALUE sym)
{
    if (DYNAMIC_SYM_P(sym)) {
        return RSYMBOL(sym)->fstr;
    }
    else {
        return rb_id2str(STATIC_SYM2ID(sym));
    }
}

Returns a frozen string representation of self (not including the leading colon):

Example

:foo.name         # => "foo"
:foo.name.frozen? # => true

Ruby version changes

3.0
- Symbol#name has been added, which returns the name of the symbol if it is named. The returned string is frozen. [Feature #16150]

See also #match? #next #match #size also in 4.1 · 4.0 · 3.4 · 3.3 · 3.1 · 3.0

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