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instance method

String#valid_encoding?

() -> bool

valid_encoding? → true or false

# File tmp/rubies/ruby-4.1.0-preview1/string.rb, line 7
def valid_encoding?
  Primitive.attr! :leaf
  Primitive.cexpr! 'rb_str_valid_encoding_p(self)'
end

Returns whether self is encoded correctly:

Example

s = 'Straße'
s.valid_encoding?                                 # => true
s.encoding                                        # => #<Encoding:UTF-8>
s.force_encoding(Encoding::ASCII).valid_encoding? # => false

Related: see Querying.

See also #upto #upcase! also in 4.0 · 3.4 · 3.3 · 3.2 · 3.1 · 3.0

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