Java Character isSpace() Method

The isSpace(char ch)method of Character class determines whether the given(or specified) character is ISO-LATIN-1 white space.

The given method returns true for the following five characters:

'\t' U+0009 HORIZONTAL TABULATION
'\n' U+000A NEW LINE
'\f' U+000C FORM FEED
'\r' U+000D CARRIAGE RETURN
' ' U+0020 SPACE

Syntax

Parameters

ch: It is the character that needs to be tested.

Return Value

The isSpace(char ch)method returns a Boolean value, i.e., true if the given(or specified) character is ISO-LATIN-1 white space. Otherwise, the method returns false.

Example 1

public class JavaCharacterIsSapceExample1 {
  public static void main(String args[])
  {
      //Create three char primitives.
       char ch1 = '\n';
       char ch2 = '\t';
       char ch3 = ' ';
     //Create three boolean primitives.
       boolean b1 = Character.isSpace(ch1);
       boolean b2 = Character.isSpace(ch2);
        boolean b3 = Character.isSpace(ch3);
     // Print the result.
      System.out.println("The first character is a space character: " + b1);     
      System.out.println("The second character is a space character: " + b2);     
      System.out.println("The third character is a space character: " + b3);     
     }
}

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Output:

The first character is a space character: true
The second character is a space character: true
The third character is a space character: true

Example 2

public class JavaCharacterIsSapceExample2 {
      public static void main(String args[])
  {
      //Create two char primitives.
       char ch1 = '\f';
       char ch2 = '\r';
  
     //Create two boolean primitives.
       boolean b1 = Character.isSpace(ch1);
       boolean b2 = Character.isSpace(ch2);
     // Print the result.
      System.out.println("The first character is a space character: " + b1);     
      System.out.println("The second character is a space character: " + b2);    
     }
}

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Output:

The first character is a space character: true
The second character is a space character: true

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