C getting its own class name

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

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For reference  if you have a type that inherits from another you can also use  this GetType   BaseType Name

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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

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With C  6 0  you can use the nameof operator   nameof MyProgram

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I wanted to throw this up for good measure  I think the way  micahtan posted is preferred   typeof MyProgram  Name

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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

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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

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Get Current class name of Asp net   string CurrentClass   System Reflection MethodBase GetCurrentMethod   DeclaringType Name ToString

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this can be omitted  All you need to get the current class name is    GetType   Name

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Try this   this GetType   Name

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