Displaying unicode character in java shows "?" sign. For example, i tried to print "अ". Its unicode Number is U+0905 and html representation is "अ".
The below codes prints "?" instead of unicode character.
char aa = '\u0905';
String myString = aa + " result" ;
System.out.println(myString); // displays "? result"
Is there a way to display unicode character directly from unicode itself without using unicode numbers? i.e "अ" is saved in file now display the file in jsp.
Java defines two types of streams, byte and character.
The main reason why System.out.println() can't show Unicode characters is that System.out.println() is a byte stream that deal with only the low-order eight bits of character which is 16-bits.
In order to deal with Unicode characters(16-bit Unicode character), you have to use character based stream i.e. PrintWriter.
PrintWriter supports the print( ) and println( ) methods. Thus, you can use these methods in the same way as you used them with System.out.
PrintWriter printWriter = new PrintWriter(System.out,true);
char aa = '\u0905';
printWriter.println("aa = " + aa);
Unicode is a unique code which is used to print any character or symbol.
You can use unicode from --> https://unicode-table.com/en/
Below is an example for printing a symbol in Java.
package Basics;
/**
*
* @author shelc
*/
public class StringUnicode {
public static void main(String[] args) {
String var1 = "Cyntia";
String var2 = new String(" is my daughter!");
System.out.println(var1 + " \u263A" + var2);
//printing heart using unicode
System.out.println("Hello World \u2665");
}
}
******************************************************************
OUTPUT-->
Cyntia ☺ is my daughter!
Hello World ♥
I ran into the same problem wiht Eclipse. I solved my problem by switching the Encoding format for the console from ISO-8859-1 to UTF-8. You can do in the Run/Run Configurations/Common menu.
https://eclipsesource.com/blogs/2013/02/21/pro-tip-unicode-characters-in-the-eclipse-console/