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instance method

String#encoding

() -> ::Encoding
encoding → encoding

Returns an Encoding object that represents the encoding of self; see Encodings.

Related: see Querying.

See also #encode! #end_with? #encode #eql? also in 4.0 · 3.4 · 3.3 · 3.2 · 3.1 · 3.0