#224: String upcase method doesn't behave properly when containing a unicode character -------------------------------------+-------------------------------------- Reporter: mattaimonetti@… | Owner: lsansonetti@… Type: defect | Status: new Priority: minor | Milestone: Component: MacRuby | Keywords: -------------------------------------+-------------------------------------- {{{ $ macirb

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"macruby is awesome".upcase => "MACRUBY IS AWESOME" "apprendre macruby à l'école".upcase => "mapprendre macruby \xC3\xA0 l'\xC3\xA9cole" }}}

{{{ $ irb1.9 irb(main):001:0> "macruby is awesome".upcase => "MACRUBY IS AWESOME" irb(main):002:0> "apprendre macruby à l'école".upcase => "APPRENDRE MACRUBY à L'éCOLE" }}} Workaround: {{{

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"apprendre macruby à l'école".uppercaseString => "APPRENDRE MACRUBY \xC3\x80 L'\xC3\x89COLE" }}}

The unicode display issue is due to irb not supporting this feature, however the Ruby #upcase method is definitely not working properly. -- Ticket URL: <http://www.macruby.org/trac/ticket/224> MacRuby <http://macruby.org/>