# How to save a file in gb2312 encoding

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**Created:** [July 11, 2009, 12:35pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-save-a-file-in-gb2312-encoding/171916 "2009-07-11T12:35:32Z")\
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I using Watir to show a webpage’s text, but the out put is like

irb\>\>

\242\204\346\265\213\351\243\216\

I want output same as the character show in the webpage, how can i do.

( i searched before asking, and using iconv but no success, maybe I am  
in a incorrect way)

require “watir”  
require ‘iconv’  
url=“[http://www.163.com](http://www.163.com)”

ie = Watir::IE.new  
ie.goto url  
c=ie.table(:index,10).text

=\> “\303\277\310\325\323\242\323\357\321\307\324\313\271\331\315  
5\300\r\n\312\326\273\372\315\370\322\327\315\370\323\320\265\300  
6\264\312\265\344”

conv = Iconv.new(“utf-8”,“gb2312”)  
result = conv.iconv(c)