or use activesupport and do
$ irb
>> require 'activesupport'
=> true
>> string = "hebrew string"
=> "hebrew string"
>> string.mb_chars.reverse
=> "gnirts werbeh"

(ruby 1.9 supports different encodings but that might be an overkill)

- Matt




On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 10:11 PM, Patrick Crowley <[email protected]>wrote:

>
> > This fellow called me after posting. He has some Hebrew that he
> > wants to reverse right-for-left so Illustrator will display it
> > correctly. Word displays right to left, Illustrator does not.
>
> Here's a quick tutorial on using jcode:
> http://ruphus.com/blog/2005/06/11/ruby-and-unicode/
>
> That's pretty outdated, though. You might find a better way to
> accomplish this using Ruby 1.9.
>
> -- Patrick
>
> >
>

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