String#scrub for Ruby 2.0.0 and 1.9.3

If the given string contains an invalid byte sequence then that invalid byte sequence is replaced with the unicode replacement character (�) and a new string is returned.

You may also set a replacement character of your choice by passing that character to the method.

See testcase

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'string-scrub'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install string-scrub

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