[c#] C# getting its own class name

If I have a class called MyProgram, is there a way of retrieving "MyProgram" as a string?

Use this

Let say Application Test.exe is running and function is foo() in form1 [basically it is class form1], then above code will generate below response.

string s1 = System.Reflection.MethodBase.GetCurrentMethod().DeclaringType.Name;

This will return .

s1 = "TEST.form1"

for function name:

string s1 = System.Reflection.MethodBase.GetCurrentMethod().Name;

will return

s1 = foo 

Note if you want to use this in exception use :

catch (Exception ex)
{

    MessageBox.Show(ex.StackTrace );

}

this can be omitted. All you need to get the current class name is:

GetType().Name

Get Current class name of Asp.net

string CurrentClass = System.Reflection.MethodBase.GetCurrentMethod().DeclaringType.Name.ToString();

Although micahtan's answer is good, it won't work in a static method. If you want to retrieve the name of the current type, this one should work everywhere:

string className = MethodBase.GetCurrentMethod().DeclaringType.Name;

With C# 6.0, you can use the nameof operator:

nameof(MyProgram)

I wanted to throw this up for good measure. I think the way @micahtan posted is preferred.

typeof(MyProgram).Name

If you need this in derived classes, you can put that code in the base class:

protected string GetThisClassName() { return this.GetType().Name; }

Then, you can reach the name in the derived class. Returns derived class name. Of course, when using the new keyword "nameof", there will be no need like this variety acts.

Besides you can define this:

public static class Extension
{
    public static string NameOf(this object o)
    {
        return o.GetType().Name;
    }
}

And then use like this:

public class MyProgram
{
    string thisClassName;

    public MyProgram()
    {
        this.thisClassName = this.NameOf();
    }
}

For reference, if you have a type that inherits from another you can also use

this.GetType().BaseType.Name