Ruby 1.9 invalid multibyte char (UTF-8)

Question

I've searched all over and tried everything but I still get:

invalid multibyte char (UTF-8)

When doing something like:

some_string.gsub(/…/)

Even though I added this to the top of the file:

# encoding: utf-8

Any help?

I made a quick test file and it works for me. (ruby 1.9.3). How are you running your file? — Aurélien Bottazini
– Aurélien Bottazini, Commented Mar 29, 2012 at 17:45

Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 12:11:25Z

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Try:

some_string.gsub(/\u2026/)

You can also take a look at this question for more information.

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answered Mar 29, 2012 at 17:17

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Good quick fix. But still would be nice to use the actual UTF-8 character.

Did you make sure the file was actually Unicode-encoded? You can also try to run the ruby script with the -Ku option

That option is actually for 1.8 and if he were using 1.8 he wouldn't even need it.

Im using 1.9.3. Textmate. The file is actually saved as UTF-8.