Encode a String in Ruby on Rails

Question

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

1.8 isn't encoding-aware, so you'd have to guess the encoding, and trust me, you don't want that. Upgrade to 1.9 — Reactormonk
– Reactormonk, Commented Apr 25, 2012 at 16:28

Marc-André Lafortune · Accepted Answer · 2012-04-25 16:10:57Z

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Use toutf8 method.

"my string".toutf8

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answered Nov 13, 2009 at 14:43

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Use ICONV or Ruby 1.9 methods.