Get the name of an enum or class string without namespace?

Question

So, I would like to get the name of an enum or class without the full namespace appended to it in front ... For example:

enum MyEnum {
    // enum values here
}

// somewhere else in the code
string testString = ????  // ???? returns "MyEnum"

typeof(MyEnum)

basically works, however the enum namespace is added to the front.

Any help would be appreciated ... thanks!

+2

Polaris878 Apr 29. 10 at 16:50

1 answer

Nick craver · Accepted Answer · 2010-04-29T16:51:54+0000

Use .Name

to get only the type in the string, e.g .:

string testString = typeof(MyEnum).Name;

Here are some examples:

typeof(String).Name // "String"
typeof(String).FullName // "System.String"

.FullName

as in the above example gives the fully qualified name of the type including the namespace.