method
asciicompat_encoding
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- Class:
Encoding::Converter
asciicompat_encoding(p1)public
Returns the corresponding ASCII compatible encoding.
Returns nil if the argument is an ASCII compatible encoding.
“corresponding ASCII compatible encoding” is an ASCII compatible encoding which can represents exactly the same characters as the given ASCII incompatible encoding. So, no conversion undefined error occurs when converting between the two encodings.
Encoding::Converter.asciicompat_encoding("ISO-2022-JP") #=> #<Encoding:stateless-ISO-2022-JP> Encoding::Converter.asciicompat_encoding("UTF-16BE") #=> #<Encoding:UTF-8> Encoding::Converter.asciicompat_encoding("UTF-8") #=> nil