How to get Unicode character in Ruby 1.8.7?

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To get the Unicode character in Ruby 1.9.2, I use ord :

 "".ord # => 1103 (It a Russian letter)

How can I get Unicode in Ruby 1.8.7 ?

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Misha moroshko May 13, '11 at 12:51

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You can use the gem backports . Starting with Ruby 1.8.7 (and the -KU option to install $KCODE for utf-8):

 require "rubygems" require "backports/1.8.7/string/ord" "".ord # => 1103

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Marc-andré lafortune May 13, '11 at 1:05

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Misha moroshko · Accepted Answer · 2011-05-13T01:39:51+0000

Ok, I found this nice solution:

 "".unpack('U')[0] # => 1103