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The SObjectField class has a getDescribe() method. Does anyone know of a creative way to get the field label for use in Apex? There does not seem to be a getLabel() method per the official documentation.

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Please reference DescribeFieldResult Class – Oleksiy 9 hours ago
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As you mentioned, you need to call getDescribe(), which returns a DescribeFieldResult.

SObjectField field = Opportunity.AccountId;
DescribeFieldResult describe = field.getDescribe();
String label = describe.getLabel();
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You can get a field's label using the following one-liner:

String label = Account.Name.getDescribe().getLabel();
System.debug(label); //prints 'Account Name'
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