Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!gegeweb.org!talisker.lacave.net!lacave.net!not-for-mail From: Joey Zhou Newsgroups: comp.lang.ruby Subject: Does String#encode in Ruby 1.9.2 have option :fallback? Date: Sun, 24 Apr 2011 05:49:44 -0500 Organization: Service de news de lacave.net Lines: 28 Message-ID: <815cbeada89786414de358800a28765e@ruby-forum.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: bristol.highgroove.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: talisker.lacave.net 1303642622 89191 65.111.164.187 (24 Apr 2011 10:57:02 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@lacave.net NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 24 Apr 2011 10:57:02 +0000 (UTC) X-Received-From: This message has been automatically forwarded from the ruby-talk mailing list by a gateway at comp.lang.ruby. If it is SPAM, it did not originate at comp.lang.ruby. Please report the original sender, and not us. Thanks! For more details about this gateway, please visit: http://blog.grayproductions.net/categories/the_gateway X-Mail-Count: 382115 X-Ml-Name: ruby-talk X-Rubymirror: Yes X-Ruby-Talk: <815cbeada89786414de358800a28765e@ruby-forum.com> Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.ruby:3428 My Ruby version is: ruby 1.9.2p180 (2011-02-18) [i386-mingw32] I find in the installer's help file that String#encode has an option :fallback. :fallback Sets the replacement string by the hash for undefined character. Its key is a such undefined character encoded in source encoding of current transcoder. Its value can be any encoding until it can be converted into the destination encoding of the transcoder. ruby-doc.org has the same explanation: http://www.ruby-doc.org/core/classes/String.src/M001113.html However I can't make it effective in my code: replace_hash = {"\u4ced"=>"x","\u4cd2"=>"y"} ARGF.each_line do |line| puts line.encode("gbk", :undef => :replace, :fallback => replace_hash) end and I found in this article (http://www.artima.com/forums/flat.jsp?forum=123&thread=313197), which said :fallback is new feature in Ruby 1.9.3 I am confused. Can I use :fallback option in latest Ruby 1.9.2p180? -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.