method

new

ruby latest stable - Class: Iconv

new(p1, p2, p3 = v3)

public

Creates new code converter from a coding-system designated with from to another one designated with to.

Parameters

`to`	encoding name for destination
`from`	encoding name for source
`options`	options for converter

Exceptions

TypeError	if `to` or `from` aren’t String
InvalidEncoding	if designated converter couldn’t find out
SystemCallError	if `iconv_open(3)` fails

static VALUE
iconv_initialize(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE self)
{
    VALUE to, from, options;
    struct rb_iconv_opt_t opt;
    int idx;

    rb_scan_args(argc, argv, "21", &to, &from, &options);
    get_iconv_opt(&opt, options);
    iconv_free(check_iconv(self));
    DATA_PTR(self) = NULL;
    DATA_PTR(self) = (void *)ICONV2VALUE(iconv_create(to, from, &opt, &idx));
    if (idx >= 0) ENCODING_SET(self, idx);
    return self;
}

new

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