From: Brian Candler <b.candler@...>
Date: 2010-08-05T17:08:09+09:00
Subject: Re: Unknown character print on irb or command prompt

Try using
   p str
or
   puts str.inspect
or
   puts str.bytes.to_a.inspect

to get a better look at what character codes are in there.
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