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Convert among Unicode, ASCII and byte/int
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/** Convert among Unicode, ASCII and byte/int. */
public class UnicodeCast {
public static void main(String[] args) {
// Simple arithmetic on chars - VERY BAD for internationalization!
System.out.println("'a' + 1 = " + (char) ('a' + 1));
// Truncate characters by casting to byte (16-bit to 8-bit casting)
char yen = '\u00a5'; // Japanese Yen
char aeAcute = '\u01FC'; // Roman AE with acute accent
System.out.println("Yen as byte: " + (byte) yen);
System.out.println("AE' as byte: " + (byte) aeAcute);
System.out.println("Yen as byte to char: " + (char) (byte) yen);
System.out.println("AE' as byte to char: " + (char) (byte) aeAcute);
// Convert ints to chars
int iYen = 0xa5;
int iaeAcute = 0x01fc;
System.out.println("Yen from int = " + (char) iYen);
System.out.println("AE' from int = " + (char) iaeAcute);
}
}
