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ANSEL provides character set conversion from ANSEL to UTF-8

• Project page:http://github.com/infused/ansel
• API Documentation:http://rubydoc.info/github/infused/ansel/
• Report bugs:http://github.com/infused/ansel/issues
• Questions? Emailkeithm@infused.orgwith ANSEL in the subject line

ANSEL is compatible with the following Rubies:

• 3.1.x
• 3.2.x
• 3.3.x

If you need ANSEL conversion in Ruby 1.8, see myansel_iconv project.

gem install ansel

Conversion from ANSEL to UTF-8 is fully supported.

require 'ansel'converter = ANSEL::Converter.newconverter.convert("\xB9\x004.59") # => "£4.59"

ANSI/NISOZ39.47,also known as ANSEL, is a character set encoding used primarily forbibliographic and genealogical data. It is used in library systems worldwide and is one of the official characterencodings supported by theGedcom5.5standard.

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