Java char value escape

In this chapter you will learn:

1. Why to escape char value
2. Syntax to escape char value
3. Example - char escape value
4. List of Escape value

Description

The escape sequences are used to enter impossible-to-enter-directly characters.

Syntax

'\'' is for the single-quote character. '\n' is for the newline character.

Example

For octal notation, use the backslash followed by the three-digit number. For example, '\141' is the letter 'a'.

For hexadecimal, you enter a backslash-u (\u), then exactly four hexadecimal digits. For example, '\u0061' is the ISO-Latin-1 'a' because the top byte is zero. '\ua432' is a Japanese Katakana character.

public class Main {
  public static void main(String[] argv) {
    char ch = '\'';
/*from   w w w.j a va 2  s  .  c om*/
    System.out.println("ch is " + ch);//ch is '

  }
}

Character is a simple wrapper around a char.

The code above generates the following result.

Escape value list

The following table shows the character escape sequences.

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Java char value escape