Strange print

[Valerij KIR]

Hi all!
I have some text in russian. Then I've print it with puts I saw beatiful
text, but then use p operator text is "\353\317\314\314\305\304\326".
How can I solve problem, because when using iconv the problem is same?

 

[Robert Klemme]

Hi all!
I have some text in russian. Then I've print it with puts I saw
beatiful text, but then use p operator text is
"\353\317\314\314\305\304\326". How can I solve problem, because when
using iconv the problem is same?

p uses String#inspect which I believe will always print something that can
be safely interpreted as a Ruby string on 7 bit ASCII. You should use
puts instead of p - p is really rather a debugging / inspection untility
but not meant for normal program output (IMHO).

Kind regards

robert

 

[Eero Saynatkari]

Hi all!
I have some text in russian. Then I've print it with puts I saw beatiful
text, but then use p operator text is "\353\317\314\314\305\304\326".
How can I solve problem, because when using iconv the problem is same?

The difference between puts obj and p obj is that the
former uses obj.to_s and the latter obj.inspect. Is
there a specific reason why you need to use p instead
of puts or did I misunderstand you?


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