Ruby | String encoding Method

encoding is a String class method in Ruby which is used to return the Encoding object that represents the encoding of object.

Syntax: str.encoding

Parameters: Here, str is the given string.

Returns: An encoding object.

Example 1:

# Ruby program to demonstrate
# the encoding method

# Taking a string and
# using the method
puts "R\xC3\xA9sum\xC3\xA9".encoding
puts "Ruby\n\n".encoding

Output:

UTF-8
UTF-8

Example 2:

# Ruby program to demonstrate
# the encoding method

# Taking a string and
# using the method
puts "Sample".encoding
puts "Input\n\n".encoding

Output:

UTF-8
UTF-8