How to convert the name of Class into a string in RoR

Question

I have a variable called @class = Book. Bookbeing the constant representing the class.

I want to convert it to a string so i can use it in creating instant variable used in the views

In other words, i want the opposite method of constantize which can take a string and convert it into a class.

Any clues?

Thanks!

Answer 1

You can get name of a class by calling its name method:

@class.name