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Ruby encoding is fun!
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[29] pry(main)> foo = 'a&b*c d'
=> "a&b*c d"
[30] pry(main)> URI::escape(foo, /[^a-zA-Z0-9\-\.\_\~]/)
=> "a%26b%2Ac%20d"
[31] pry(main)> uri_val = URI.escape(foo, Regexp.new("[^#{URI::PATTERN::UNRESERVED}]"))
=> "a%26b*c%20d"
[32] pry(main)> CGI.escape(foo)
=> "a%26b%2Ac+d"
[33] pry(main)> URI.escape(foo)
=> "a&b*c%20d"
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See? It's so simple! :-/

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