From: 7stud -- <bbxx789_05ss@...>
Date: 2009-05-03T20:21:48+09:00
Subject: Re: String problem

Fresh Mix wrote:
> 
> # irb
> irb(main):001:0> xxx = "лошадь"
> => "\320\273\320\276\321\210\320\260\320\264\321\214"
> irb(main):002:0> xxx.length
> => 12
>
> What wrong?


In 1.8.* versions, ruby doesn't recognize unicode, where characters are 
represented by multiple bytes.  ruby thinks everything in an ascii 
character where characters are represented by one byte.

Try this:

xxx = "лошадь"
puts xxx.length

--output:--
12

$KCODE = "u"
require 'jcode'

puts xxx.jlength

--output:--
6

xxx.each_char do |u|
  puts u
end

--output:--
л
о
ш
а
д
ь




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