Method: Iconv#initialize

Defined in:
ext/iconv/iconv.c

#new(to, from, [options]) ⇒ Object

Creates new code converter from a coding-system designated with from to another one designated with to.

Parameters

to

encoding name for destination

from

encoding name for source

options

options for converter

Exceptions

TypeError

if to or from aren’t String

InvalidEncoding

if designated converter couldn’t find out

SystemCallError

if iconv_open(3) fails



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# File 'ext/iconv/iconv.c', line 721

static VALUE
iconv_initialize(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE self)
{
    VALUE to, from, options;
    struct rb_iconv_opt_t opt;
    int idx;

    rb_scan_args(argc, argv, "21", &to, &from, &options);
    get_iconv_opt(&opt, options);
    iconv_free(check_iconv(self));
    DATA_PTR(self) = NULL;
    DATA_PTR(self) = (void *)ICONV2VALUE(iconv_create(to, from, &opt, &idx));
#ifdef HAVE_RUBY_ENCODING_H
    if (idx >= 0) ENCODING_SET(self, idx);
#endif
    return self;
}