GSMEncoder encodes and decodes Ruby Strings to and from the SMS default alphabet. It also supports the default extension table. The default alphabet and it's extension table is defined in GSM 03.38
This is port of Twitter's Java implementation
NOTE: ruby >= 1.9.2 is required
gem install gsm_encoder
require 'gsm_encoder'
# encoding
GSMEncoder.encode 'hello @ world' # => binary string
# decoding
GSMEncoder.decode(GSMEncoder.encode('hi')) # => 'hi'
# can encode?
GSMEncoder.can_encode?('`') # => false
# replaces unsupported chars with '?'
GSMEncoder.encode('`') # => '?'
# replaces unsupported chars with a provided value ' '
GSMEncoder.encode('`', ' ') # => ' '
Added support for Spanish shift
Fixed bug when encoding line feed & carriage return
Adds the ability to provide the character used when encoding unsupported strings
Code cleanup and speedup
Even faster. About 4 times. Many thanks to @dlarrabee