Check the string encoding : encoding « String « Ruby






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Check the string encoding


# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
s = "2×2=4"     # Note multibyte multiplication character
s.encoding      # => <Encoding: UTF-8>
t = "2+2=4"     # All characters are in the ASCII subset of UTF-8
t.encoding      # => <Encoding: ASCII-8BIT>








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