Is there a way to return a method parameter names in ruby

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Published on 2010-03-16T04:14:55Z Indexed on 2010/03/16 5:06 UTC
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Is it possible to get the parameter names of a method ?

Example with:

def method_called(arg1, arg2)
  puts my_method.inspect
end

I would like to know what method (my_method) should I call to get the following output:

["arg1", "arg2"]

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