The char keyword in Java programming language

In this tutorial, we will discuss The char keyword in Java programming language

The char is a keyword that is used to declare a variable as a type of character. In Java, a char variable represents a single (only one) character with enclosed single quote marks shown below.

Variable declaration

The syntax of char in java

char var1='B';  //char can be created from char literals.
char var2=65; //char can be represented by a numeric representation.
char var2='\u0042'; //char can be represented by a Unicode escape sequences representation.

Method declaration

The char keyword( variable) can be used to declare the return type of a method shown below.

public char areAriveHere()
{
//codes
return 'X';
}

Example

class CharEx{
public static void main(String args[]){
char ch1='C';
char ch2=70;
char ch3='\u0056';
System.out.println(ch1);
System.out.println(ch2);
System.out.println(ch3);
}
}

When the above code is compiled and executed, it will produce the following results