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instance method
String#valid_encoding?
valid_encoding? → true or false
string.c
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static VALUE
rb_str_valid_encoding_p(VALUE str)
{
int cr = rb_enc_str_coderange(str);
return RBOOL(cr != ENC_CODERANGE_BROKEN);
}
Returns true if self is encoded correctly, false otherwise:
Example
"\xc2\xa1".force_encoding("UTF-8").valid_encoding? # => true "\xc2".force_encoding("UTF-8").valid_encoding? # => false "\x80".force_encoding("UTF-8").valid_encoding? # => false