method
write_with_substitution

write_with_substitution(out, input)
public
Writes out text, substituting special characters beforehand. out A String, IO, or any other object supporting <<( String ) input the text to substitute and the write out
z=utf8.unpack("U*") ascOut="" z.each{|r| if r < 0x100 ascOut.concat(r.chr) else ascOut.concat(sprintf("&#x%x;", r)) end } puts ascOut