# Mechanize output:strange number

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**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [June 11, 2010, 2:55am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mechanize-output-strange-number/189991 "2010-06-11T02:55:05Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 11, 2010, 2:55am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mechanize-output-strange-number/189991/1 "2010-06-11T02:55:05Z")

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require ‘mechanize’  
agent = WWW::Mechanize.new  
page =  
agent.get(‘[http://hd.openv.com/tv\_play-hddoc\_20090703\_7064487.html](http://hd.openv.com/tv_play-hddoc_20090703_7064487.html)’)

i get the following output:

#\<WWW::Mechanize::Page::Link  
“\347\210\261\345\215\241\346\261\275\350\275\246”  
“[http://newcar.xcar.com.cn/](http://newcar.xcar.com.cn/)”\>  
#\<WWW::Mechanize::Page::Link  
“58\347\224\237\346\264\273\345\234\210”  
“[http://q.58.com/](http://q.58.com/)”\>  
#\<WWW::Mechanize::Page::Link  
“\345\207\244\345\207\260\345\233\275\346\227\205”  
“[http://www.51tour.com/](http://www.51tour.com/)”\>  
#\<WWW::Mechanize::Page::Link  
“\351\236\255\347\211\233\345\243\253”  
“[http://www.bianews.com/](http://www.bianews.com/)”\>  
#\<WWW::Mechanize::Page::Link  
“\345\244\232\347\216\251\346\270\270\346\210\217\347\275\221”  
“[http://www.duowan.com/](http://www.duowan.com/)”\>  
#\<WWW::Mechanize::Page::Link  
“\344\271\220\351\200\224\346\227\205\346\270\270\347\275\221”

what is the meanning of  
“\347\210\261\345\215\241\346\261\275\350\275\246”?

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**Author:** ![luofeiyu](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/9de0a6/32.png) [@luofeiyu](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/luofeiyu)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2010, 11:27am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mechanize-output-strange-number/189991/2 "2010-06-11T11:27:26Z")

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On Jun 10, 2010, at 17:55 , Pen T. wrote:

> “[http://newcar.xcar.com.cn/](http://newcar.xcar.com.cn/)”\>  
> “\345\244\232\347\216\251\346\270\270\346\210\217\347\275\221”  
> “[http://www.duowan.com/](http://www.duowan.com/)”\>  
> #\<WWW::Mechanize::Page::Link  
> “\344\271\220\351\200\224\346\227\205\346\270\270\347\275\221”
> 
> what is the meanning of  
> “\347\210\261\345\215\241\346\261\275\350\275\246”?

With `curl -I $url` you can quickly see that the page is encoded UTF-8.  
If you take off the “-I” you can see the content. In my terminal, it  
displays very prettily:

> ```
> <div class="img"><a href="tv_show-8210.html" target="_hdplay"><img alt="Discovery全球首选绿住家" title="Discovery全球首选绿住家" src="http://swf1.openv.tv/programme/dvdprogramme/20100511/20100511_movieplay_upload_105856370_small.jpg" width="151" height="113" /></a></div>
> 
> ```

You’re probably running your script with the default ASCII encoding. Try  
this out:

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**Post date:** [June 11, 2010, 12:57pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mechanize-output-strange-number/189991/3 "2010-06-11T12:57:09Z")

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my system:ubuntu10.04+firefox  
shell terminal :utf-8  
how to set my irb terminal with the default ASCII encoding?

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**Post date:** [June 12, 2010, 2:59am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mechanize-output-strange-number/189991/4 "2010-06-12T02:59:48Z")

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irb(main):001:0\> $KCODE = “U”  
=\> “U”  
when i add $KCODE = “U”,the output is ok.  
i input in shell :irb,need input $KCODE = “U” everytime?  
can i set it?when i open irb , the code is U?

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**Post date:** [June 12, 2010, 1:33am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mechanize-output-strange-number/189991/5 "2010-06-12T01:33:26Z")

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On Jun 11, 2010, at 03:57 , Pen T. wrote:

> my system:ubuntu10.04+firefox  
> shell terminal :utf-8  
> how to set my irb terminal with the default ASCII encoding?

I’m kinda surprised that `irb` doesn’t have a -K flag… so read up on  
$KCODE.

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**Post date:** [June 12, 2010, 3:20am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mechanize-output-strange-number/189991/6 "2010-06-12T03:20:32Z")

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Good Afternoon,

On Fri, Jun 11, 2010 at 5:59 PM, Pen T. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> ## irb(main):001:0\> $KCODE = “U” =\> “U” when i add $KCODE = “U”,the output is ok. i input in shell :irb,need input $KCODE = “U” everytime? can i set it?when i open irb , the code is U?
> 
> Posted via [http://www.ruby-forum.com/](http://www.ruby-forum.com/).

You need a .irbrc file which will run automatically for you when you  
start  
IRB. You should just be able to put your $KCODE= ‘U’ inside a .irbrc  
(note  
the dot (.) please) file within your home folder.

John