what is the size of Character(char) in Java?

Question

What's the size of Character(char) variable in Java? if it is based on Unicode, what 's the unicode format it is use, UTF-8, or UTF-16?

Answer 1

根据Java指南 ，char数据类型是单个16位Unicode字符。

Answer 2

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char: The char data type is a single 16-bit Unicode character. It has a minimum value of '\' (or 0) and a maximum value of '\￿' (or 65,535 inclusive).

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Answer 3

Java char为16位，并包含用于UTF-16编码的Unicode代码点的代码单元。

Answer 4

Character.MIN_VALUE is 0 and Character.MAX_VALUE is 65535.

Strings are UTF-16 encoded and can give you 16-bit unsigned char or code points of type int .