CODEWITHSUNDEEP
ruby
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Reputation: 471

how to write special character degree sign from ruby to file

I want to do like this:

File.open("file.txt","w+") do |f1|
  f1.write(" °C")
end

but it has an error because of "°" , how can I do fix this?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 714

Answers (1)

sawa
sawa

Reputation: 168139

If you are using Ruby < 2.0, then put this magic comment at the beginning of that file:

# coding: utf-8

If that does not work, then delete the file "file.txt" once, and try again. The file may not be compatible with the encoding.

Upvotes: 2

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