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instance method

Encoding::InvalidByteSequenceError#error_bytes

ecerr.error_bytes → string

static VALUE
ecerr_error_bytes(VALUE self)
{
    return rb_attr_get(self, rb_intern("error_bytes"));
}

Returns the discarded bytes when Encoding::InvalidByteSequenceError occurs.

Example

ec = Encoding::Converter.new("EUC-JP", "ISO-8859-1")
begin
  ec.convert("abc\xA1\xFFdef")
rescue Encoding::InvalidByteSequenceError
  p $!      #=> #<Encoding::InvalidByteSequenceError: "\xA1" followed by "\xFF" on EUC-JP>
  puts $!.error_bytes.dump          #=> "\xA1"
  puts $!.readagain_bytes.dump      #=> "\xFF"
end

See also #destination_encoding_name #incomplete_input? #destination_encoding #readagain_bytes also in 4.1 · 4.0 · 3.4 · 3.3 · 3.2 · 3.1

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