instance method

Symbol#name

() -> ::String

name → string

# File tmp/rubies/ruby-4.0.0/symbol.rb, line 26
def name
  Primitive.attr! :leaf
  Primitive.cexpr! 'rb_sym2str(self)'
end

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 · 3.4 · 3.3 · 3.2 · 3.1 · 3.0