Get the name of the current method

Question

This is kind of a silly question, but is it possible to get the name of the method that is currently being executed from within that method?

Public Sub SomeMetho         


        

Answer 1

To guarantee that any of the answers presented to this question actually work (System.Reflection.MethodBase.GetCurrentMethod().Name) at runtime, you need to add an attribute. There are no compiler/runtime flags that I know of that break this method:

the function you are trying to get the name of must be marked

• F# []

• VB:

• C#: [System.Runtime.CompilerServices.MethodImpl(System.Runtime.CompilerServices.MethodImplOptions.NoInlining)]

Also, nowadays, there is the nameof() operator in VB, C#(and maybe F# soon) which for your case would be nameof(SomeMethod) (I believe the syntax would be the same for VB and C# here)