C# Char GetUnicodeCategory(Char)

Description

Char GetUnicodeCategory(Char) categorizes a specified Unicode character into a group identified by one of the UnicodeCategory values.

Syntax

Char.GetUnicodeCategory(Char) has the following syntax.

public static UnicodeCategory GetUnicodeCategory(
  char c
)

Parameters

Char.GetUnicodeCategory(Char) has the following parameters.

• c - The Unicode character to categorize.

Returns

Char.GetUnicodeCategory(Char) method returns A UnicodeCategory value that identifies the group that contains c.

Example

The following code example demonstrates GetUnicodeCategory.

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using System;

public class MainClass {
  public static void Main() {
    char ch2 = '2';
    string str = "Upper Case";

    Console.WriteLine(Char.GetUnicodeCategory('a'));    // Output: "LowercaseLetter"
    Console.WriteLine(Char.GetUnicodeCategory(ch2));    // Output: "DecimalDigitNumber"
    Console.WriteLine(Char.GetUnicodeCategory(str, 6));    // Output: "UppercaseLetter"
  }
}

The code above generates the following result.