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+3  Q: 

Encode a String in Ruby on Rails

How can I encode a string (iso to utf-8 for example) in Ruby on Rails, using Ruby 1.8.7 ?

+5  A: 

Use toutf8 method.

"my string".toutf8
Simone Carletti  2009-11-13 14:43:52
I'll try it here, thanx =]
Lucas Renan  2009-11-13 15:17:06
Any idea how to encode to another (not utf8) encoding?
Devenv  2010-06-24 18:14:31
Use ICONV or Ruby 1.9 methods.
Simone Carletti  2010-06-25 07:20:44

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