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instance method

Encoding::Converter#replacement

() -> ::String

ec.replacement → string

static VALUE
econv_get_replacement(VALUE self)
{
    rb_econv_t *ec = check_econv(self);
    int ret;
    rb_encoding *enc;

    ret = make_replacement(ec);
    if (ret == -1) {
        rb_raise(rb_eUndefinedConversionError, "replacement character setup failed");
    }

    enc = rb_enc_find(ec->replacement_enc);
    return rb_enc_str_new((const char *)ec->replacement_str, (rb_len_t)ec->replacement_len, enc);
}

Returns the replacement string.

Example

ec = Encoding::Converter.new("euc-jp", "us-ascii")
p ec.replacement    #=> "?"

ec = Encoding::Converter.new("euc-jp", "utf-8")
p ec.replacement    #=> "\uFFFD"

See also #replacement= #putback #primitive_errinfo #source_encoding also in 4.0 · 3.4 · 3.3 · 3.2 · 3.1 · 3.0

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