REXML::Document.new can we give encode parameters on this line?

Question

doc = REXML::Document.new file My code is failing at this point whenever my xml file contains some special characters other than UTF-8 .

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Answer 1

You can call something like this

REXML::Document.new(file.force_encoding("FILE_ENCODING").encode("UTF-8"))

FILE_ENCODING is the encoding of your file variable.