How can you get the current View's Model name?

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I would expect this to be asked/answered a hundred times, but the only answer I can find anywhere on the entire Internet is:

var currentModel = Model.GetType().Name;

This almost works but for example if the Model is defined as

@model Myproject.Model.User_info

Then the value of currentModel ends up as something like this:

User_info_23L7HGAFWLIUHI7GLIUBGFWAKHGI73I37GArwq

Do I really have to strip off everything starting with the penultimate underscore? Or is there a better way?

`Model.GetType().Name` should work. Is your model an Entity model? — Jasen, Jan 09 '18 at 00:13
Yes, but the string value comes out as pasted above with a GUID type of identifier appended with an underscore. — ohanaman, Jan 09 '18 at 00:47
If you're working with the EF Proxy types then try [this answer](https://stackoverflow.com/a/16005340/2030565). The ObjectContext may now be in `System.Data.Entity.Core.Objects`. — Jasen, Jan 09 '18 at 01:30

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 09 '18 at 18:43

Per Jasen's comment on the question above, the answer I ultimately went with was this:

var currentModel = System.Data.Entity.Core.Objects.ObjectContext.GetObjectType(Model.GetType()).Name;

... this reliably produces the correct name of both models and viewmodels as they are defined by the developer.

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