# SJIS conversion question

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sjis-conversion-question/159284>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [February 3, 2009, 3:36am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sjis-conversion-question/159284 "2009-02-03T03:36:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![thomasmaas](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/5e9695/32.png) [@thomasmaas](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/thomasmaas)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2009, 3:36am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sjis-conversion-question/159284/1 "2009-02-03T03:36:26Z")

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I’m working on a project in which I need to convert some text with X0208  
alphabet characters to ascii and back. NKF does the former efficiently,  
but I can’t find any options for doing the latter.

Does anyone know a good way of doing this, or am I stuck using a messy  
lookup table?

-Morgan.