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Ruby code for encoding
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string_encode.rb
# encoding: utf-8
# λ is the Greek character Lambda here
puts "λ".length # => 1
puts "λ".bytesize # => 2
puts "λ".encoding # => UTF-8
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SuEric commented Feb 10, 2013

I't didn't work.. :(
Encoding.rb:6: undefined method `encoding' for "\316\273":String (NoMethodError)

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connerm commented May 30, 2013

Cool

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