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**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [May 25, 2006, 5:35pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/no-subject/95247 "2006-05-25T17:35:23Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 25, 2006, 5:35pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/no-subject/95247/1 "2006-05-25T17:35:23Z")

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-------- Forwarded Message --------  
From: Charlie B. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)  
Subject: Re: How does one transform UTF-8 encoded characters to ASCII  
Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 11:34:30 -0400

Thanks, I didn’t realize this thread had so many entries.

On Fri, 2006-05-26 at 00:21 +0900, Wes G. wrote:

> > > Michal
> > 
> > Charlie B.  
> > [http://www.recentrambles.com](http://www.recentrambles.com)
> 
> I assume that you should be able to use Iconv to transform the string.  
> There are examples of its usage earlier in this thread.

Charlie B.  
[http://www.recentrambles.com](http://www.recentrambles.com)  
Charlie B.  
Programmer  
Castle Branch Inc.