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instance method

Symbol#name

() -> ::String

name

# File tmp/rubies/ruby-4.1.0-preview1/symbol.rb, line 11
def to_s
  Primitive.attr! :leaf
  Primitive.cexpr! 'rb_sym2str(self)'
end

Alias of #to_s

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

Example

:foo.to_s # => "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 #to_s #match? #next #match also in 4.0 · 3.4 · 3.3 · 3.2 · 3.1 · 3.0