Comparing utf-8 string that have different byte in special characters

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SomeObject.find(20).client.full_name.downcase.bytes.each{|b| puts b}

98 197 130 97 197 188 101 106 101 119 115

=> "błażejewsk" OtherClass.find(36).client.downcase.bytes.each {|b| puts b}

98 197 129 97 197 187 101 106 101 119 115

=> "bŁaŻejewsk"

As you can see special characters have different bytes in both string . Both string have Encoding:UTF-8, so force_encoding or something like that , wouldn't help. == returns false. How should I convert those string so I can get true from comparison?

please try to improve the quality of your post. What is the question ? — poussma, Feb 18 '14 at 12:02
It's probably about case-insensitive string comparison in Unicode. — To마SE, Feb 18 '14 at 12:05

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:49

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It will not work with downcase see http://www.ruby-doc.org/core-2.1.0/String.html#method-i-downcase-21

Returns a copy of str with all uppercase letters replaced with their lowercase counterparts. The operation is locale insensitive—only characters “A” to “Z” are affected. Note: case replacement is effective only in ASCII region.

See this question to properly downcase UTF-8 strings Ruby 1.9: how can I properly upcase & downcase multibyte strings?

edited May 23 '17 at 11:49

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answered Feb 18 '14 at 12:07

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I will try gem from link given in post u pasted. For now i just made it by comparing string without all non-ascii digits. – Adam Piotrowski Feb 18 '14 at 12:27

Comparing utf-8 string that have different byte in special characters

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