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What are the names property of an encoding in Ruby?
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Overview
When using the names for an encoding instance, a list of the name and aliases of the encoding is returned.
Syntax
Encoding::encoding_instance.names
Return value
The value returned is an array containing the names and aliases of the encoding.
Example
# get names and aliases of some encodings
puts "#{Encoding::UTF_16.names}"
puts "#{Encoding::ISO_8859_1.names}"
puts "#{Encoding::Windows_1250.names}"Getting the names and aliases of some Encodings in Ruby
Explanation
- Line 2–4: We get the names and aliases of some encodings in Ruby using the
namesproperty of theEncodingclass instances. Then we print the values to the console.
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