CSV encoding error: "\x98" to UTF-8 in conversion from Windows-1251 to UTF-8

Asked Jun 03 '14 at 15:59

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Got this error with CSV while using:

@csv = CSV.read(params[:file].path, headers: true, skip_blanks: true, encoding:'windows-1251:utf-8')
...

Error:

=> Encoding::UndefinedConversionError ("\x98" to UTF-8 in conversion from Windows-1251 to UTF-8):

How can I fix this?

Thanks!

asked Jun 03 '14 at 15:59

you might find something here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15822380/ruby-csv-utf8-encoding-error-while-reading – joni Jun 03 '14 at 16:05
How can I include that in my CSV.read? – Mohamed El Mahallawy Jun 03 '14 at 16:08
look here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4697413/character-encoding-issue-in-rails-v3-ruby-1-9-2/9361667#9361667 – joni Jun 03 '14 at 16:10
Only problem with that is its a csv so some lines are pure english and there is a line or two that are in different language (i believe arabic) – Mohamed El Mahallawy Jun 03 '14 at 16:12
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`\x98` isn't a character in [Windows-1251](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows-1251) so you're probably using the wrong encoding here. If it's Arabic, you might be looking for [Windows-1256](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows-1256). – tadman Jun 03 '14 at 16:32
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Can I do 1251 and 1256? – Mohamed El Mahallawy Jun 03 '14 at 18:41

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