How can I get the class name from an ActiveRecord object? I have: result = User.find(1) I tried: result.class # => User(id: integer, name: string ...) result.to_s # => #<User:0x3d07cdc>" I need only the class name, in a string (User in this case). Is there a method for that? I know this is pretty basic, but I searched both Rails' and Ruby's docs, and I couldn't find it.