--- !ruby/object:RDoc::RI::MethodDescription 
aliases: []

block_params: 
comment: 
- !ruby/struct:RDoc::Markup::Flow::P 
  :body: Changes the encoding to <tt>encoding</tt> and returns self.
full_name: String#force_encoding
is_singleton: false
name: force_encoding
params: |
  str.force_encoding(encoding)   => str

visibility: public
