From: basv@... Date: 2014-07-17T06:40:31+00:00 Subject: [ruby-core:63787] [ruby-trunk - Bug #10051] [Open] nbsp isn't remove with trim Issue #10051 has been reported by Bas Vodde. ---------------------------------------- Bug #10051: nbsp isn't remove with trim https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/10051 * Author: Bas Vodde * Status: Open * Priority: Normal * Assignee: * Category: * Target version: * ruby -v: ruby 2.1.0p0 (2013-12-25 revision 44422) [x86_64-darwin12.0] * Backport: 2.0.0: UNKNOWN, 2.1: UNKNOWN ---------------------------------------- When I have a nbsp character in a string and call strip on it, it will not remove it even though is would could as a whitespace. E.g. Nokogiri.HTML(" ").text.strip results in "��" and should result in "" -- https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/