method
deflate
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deflate(p1, p2 = v2)
public
Compresses the given string. Valid values of level are NO_COMPRESSION, BEST_SPEED, BEST_COMPRESSION, DEFAULT_COMPRESSION, and an integer from 0 to 9 (the default is 6).
This method is almost equivalent to the following code:
def deflate(string, level) z = Zlib::Deflate.new(level) dst = z.deflate(string, Zlib::NO_FLUSH) z.close dst end
See also Zlib.inflate