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Ruby: Get module name or class name without module
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n = Notification::Answer.new
n.class.name.split('::').last || ''
# => "Answer"
n.class.name.split('::').first || ''
# => "Notification"
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ghost commented Feb 28, 2018

An update on the comment from @phstc that works for nested modules:

n = Foo::Bar::Bazz.new

n.class.to_s.gsub(/^.*::/, '')
# => "Bazz"
n.to_s.gsub(/(.*)::.*/, '\1')
# => "Foo::Bar"

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