(Ruby) Decode Literal String

Decode a literal string. See Avoid Non-usascii Literal Strings in Source Code

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require 'chilkat'

# It's best not to use non-usascii literal strings in source code.
# Instead, use a binary encoded representation of the string.

# This is the string "44ης Οδός, αρ.2" encoded as quoted-printable.
# Use Chilkat's online tool to prepare encoded strings: Online Binary Encoder
# Note: For strings that have very few us-ascii chars, it's better to use base64 encoding instead of quoted-printable.
s = "44=CE=B7=CF=82 =CE=9F=CE=B4=CF=8C=CF=82, =CE=B1=CF=81.2"
sb = Chilkat::CkStringBuilder.new()
sb.AppendEncoded(s,"quoted-printable")

# For programming languages where strings are exposed bytes, you can tell Chilkat globally
# to give you the utf-8 byte representation.
# For programming languages where strings are opaque objects, such as C#, it doesn't matter.
glob = Chilkat::CkGlobal.new()
glob.put_DefaultUtf8(true)

s = sb.getAsString()