class method

Encoding.locale_charmap

() -> ::String

Encoding.locale_charmap → string

VALUE
rb_locale_charmap(VALUE klass)
{
#if NO_LOCALE_CHARMAP
    return rb_usascii_str_new_cstr("US-ASCII");
#else
    return locale_charmap(rb_usascii_str_new_cstr);
#endif
}

Returns the locale charmap name. It returns nil if no appropriate information.

Example

Debian GNU/Linux
  LANG=C
    Encoding.locale_charmap  #=> "ANSI_X3.4-1968"
  LANG=ja_JP.EUC-JP
    Encoding.locale_charmap  #=> "EUC-JP"

SunOS 5
  LANG=C
    Encoding.locale_charmap  #=> "646"
  LANG=ja
    Encoding.locale_charmap  #=> "eucJP"

The result is highly platform dependent. So Encoding.find(Encoding.locale_charmap) may cause an error. If you need some encoding object even for unknown locale, Encoding.find(“locale”) can be used.

See also .list .name_list .find #ascii_compatible? also in 4.1 · 3.4 · 3.3 · 3.2 · 3.1 · 3.0

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