# Encoding of Iconv::Failure#success

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/encoding-of-iconv-failure-success/126624>\
**Category:** Development\
**Created:** [January 20, 2008, 4:51pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/encoding-of-iconv-failure-success/126624 "2008-01-20T16:51:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tanaka\_A](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@Tanaka\_A](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Tanaka_A)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2008, 4:51pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/encoding-of-iconv-failure-success/126624/1 "2008-01-20T16:51:39Z")

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% ./ruby -v -riconv -e ’  
s = “\xa1\xa1\xa1”.force\_encoding(“euc-jp”)  
ic = Iconv.new(“utf-8”, “euc-jp”)  
begin  
ic.iconv(s)  
rescue Iconv::Failure  
p $!.success.encoding  
end  
’  
ruby 1.9.0 (2008-01-19 revision 0) [i686-linux]  
#Encoding:ASCII-8BIT