Java Character getName() Method

The getName(int codePoint) method returns the Unicode name of the specified character or null if the codePoint is unassigned. If the Unicode Data file does not assign the specified character a name, the returned name is same as the result of the expression.

Character.UnicodeBlock.of(codePoint).toString().replace('-'), '  ')+"  "+Integer.toHexString(codePoint).toUpperCase(Loale.ROOT);

Syntax

Parameter

The above method requires only one parameter:

The codePoint : It is the character (Unicode code point)

Return Value

character or null if the codePoint is unassigned.

Example 1

public class JavaCharactergetNameExample1 {
	public static void main(String[] args) {
		  // Declare the codePoints
		     int codepoint = 00;     
		  // Get the Unicode name of the specified character codePoint
		     String result = Character.getName(codepoint);
		 // Print the result
		     System.err.println("The first character '" + (char)codepoint + "' has the unicode name as: " + result);
	     }
	}

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Output:

The first character ' ' has the Unicode name as: NULL

Example 2

public class JavaCharactergetNameExample2 {
	public static void main(String[] args) {
	  // Declare the codePoints
	     int codepoint1 = 93;
	     int codepoint2 = 69;
	  // Get the Unicode name of the specified character codePoint
	     String result1 = Character.getName(codepoint1);
	     String result2 = Character.getName(codepoint2);
	 // Print the result
	     System.err.println("The character '" + (char)codepoint1 + "' has the unicode name as: " + result1);
	     System.err.println("The character '" + (char)codepoint2+ "' has the unicode name as: " + result2);
     }
}

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Output:

The character ']' has the unicode name as: RIGHT SQUARE BRACKET
The character 'E' has the unicode name as: LATIN CAPITAL LETTER E

Example 3

public class JavaCharactergetNameExample3 {
	public static void main(String[] args) {
	  // Declare the codePoints
		int codepoint1 = 80;
		int codepoint2 = 55;
		int codepoint3 = 110;
		int codepoint4 = 780;
	 // Get the Unicode name of the specified character codePoint
		String result1 = Character.getName(codepoint1);
		String result2 = Character.getName(codepoint2);
		String result3 = Character.getName(codepoint3);
		String result4 = Character.getName(codepoint4);
       // Print the result
System.err.println("The first character '" + (char)codepoint1 + "' has the unicode name as: " + result1);
System.err.println("The second character '" + (char)codepoint2+ "' has the unicode name as: " + result2);
System.err.println("The third character '" + (char)codepoint3+ "' has the unicode name as: " + result3);
System.err.println("The fourth character '" + (char)codepoint4+ "' has the unicode name as: " + result4);
	     }
	}

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Output:

The first character 'P' has the unicode name as: LATIN CAPITAL LETTER P
The second character '7' has the unicode name as: DIGIT SEVEN
The third character 'n' has the unicode name as: LATIN SMALL LETTER N
The fourth character '?' has the unicode name as: COMBINING CARON

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Java Character Class

Java Character getName() Method

Syntax

Parameter

Return Value

Example 1

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