# Help for Unicode char and Unicode char based string in Ruby **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [February 4, 2008, 10:25am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/help-for-unicode-char-and-unicode-char-based-string-in-ruby/128019 "2008-02-04T10:25:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![chirag\_mistry\_ruby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/ec9cab/32.png) [@chirag\_mistry\_ruby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/chirag_mistry_ruby)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2008, 10:25am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/help-for-unicode-char-and-unicode-char-based-string-in-ruby/128019/1 "2008-02-04T10:25:30Z")
Hi I want to use Unicode character and Unicode character based string in Ruby. Please provide some help to me. Regards Chirag ---
**Author:** ![chirag\_mistry\_ruby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/ec9cab/32.png) [@chirag\_mistry\_ruby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/chirag_mistry_ruby)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2008, 11:32am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/help-for-unicode-char-and-unicode-char-based-string-in-ruby/128019/2 "2008-02-05T11:32:21Z")
Chirag M. wrote: > Hi > > I want to use Unicode character and Unicode character based string in > Ruby. Please provide some help to me. > > Regards > Chirag I’m puzzled with the same question. It seemed that the later version support the Unicode character. ---
**Author:** ![chirag\_mistry\_ruby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/ec9cab/32.png) [@chirag\_mistry\_ruby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/chirag_mistry_ruby)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2008, 12:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/help-for-unicode-char-and-unicode-char-based-string-in-ruby/128019/3 "2008-02-05T12:40:06Z")
Robert Edwards wrote: > Chirag M. wrote: > > > Hi > > > > I want to use Unicode character and Unicode character based string in > > Ruby. Please provide some help to me. > > > > Regards > > Chirag > > I’m puzzled with the same question. It seemed that the later version > support > the Unicode character. Is there any library or Ruby extension which can provide Unicode character and Unicode character based string in Ruby? Regards Chirag ---
**Author:** ![chirag\_mistry\_ruby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/ec9cab/32.png) [@chirag\_mistry\_ruby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/chirag_mistry_ruby)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2008, 4:32pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/help-for-unicode-char-and-unicode-char-based-string-in-ruby/128019/4 "2008-02-05T16:32:24Z")
In article [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid), Chirag M. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Is there any library or Ruby extension which can provide Unicode > character and Unicode character based string in Ruby? Either you go the Ruby 1.9 way or you look at iconv & icu4r (more or less dead AFAIK but it works). ---
**Author:** ![chirag\_mistry\_ruby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/ec9cab/32.png) [@chirag\_mistry\_ruby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/chirag_mistry_ruby)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2008, 4:03pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/help-for-unicode-char-and-unicode-char-based-string-in-ruby/128019/5 "2008-02-06T16:03:07Z")
Ollivier R. wrote: > In article [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid), > Chirag M. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > > Is there any library or Ruby extension which can provide Unicode > > character and Unicode character based string in Ruby? > > Either you go the Ruby 1.9 way or you look at iconv & icu4r (more or > less dead > AFAIK but it works). Hi You mean to say string in Ruby 1.9 supports Unicode character? Regards Chirag ---
**Author:** ![chirag\_mistry\_ruby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/ec9cab/32.png) [@chirag\_mistry\_ruby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/chirag_mistry_ruby)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2008, 1:50pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/help-for-unicode-char-and-unicode-char-based-string-in-ruby/128019/6 "2008-02-08T13:50:51Z")
In article [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid), Chirag M. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Can anyone give me more details for the same? > How should we use Unicode char and Unicode char based String with Ruby > 1.9? Have you looked at the following? [http://eigenclass.org/hiki.rb?Changes+in+Ruby+1.9#l113](http://eigenclass.org/hiki.rb?Changes+in+Ruby+1.9#l113) ---
**Author:** ![chirag\_mistry\_ruby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/ec9cab/32.png) [@chirag\_mistry\_ruby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/chirag_mistry_ruby)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2008, 5:57am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/help-for-unicode-char-and-unicode-char-based-string-in-ruby/128019/7 "2008-02-08T05:57:02Z")
Chirag M. wrote: > Ollivier R. wrote: > > > In article [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid), > > Chirag M. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > > > > Is there any library or Ruby extension which can provide Unicode > > > character and Unicode character based string in Ruby? > > > > Either you go the Ruby 1.9 way or you look at iconv & icu4r (more or > > less dead > > AFAIK but it works). Can anyone give me more details for the same? How should we use Unicode char and Unicode char based String with Ruby 1.9? Regards Chirag