How to convert attribute name to string?

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Published on 2010-03-28T16:42:18Z Indexed on 2010/03/28 16:53 UTC
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Lets say we have some basic AR model.

class User < ActiveRecord::Base
  attr_accessible :firstname, :lastname, :email
end

...

some_helper_method(attrib)
  ...
def  

Now I would like to pass someuser.firstname to helper and I would like to get both the value and the attribute name, for example:

some_helper_method(someuser.firstname)
> "firstname: Joe" 

some_helper_method(someuser.lastname)
> "lastname: Doe" 

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