In Java programming language, every character is represented by a unique numerical value called the Unicode value. Unicode is a standard encoding system that assigns a unique number to every character in almost all of the world’s writing systems. It allows Java to handle international characters and different languages with ease.<\/p>\n
The Unicode value is a 16-bit integer value that is used to represent characters. The Java programming language uses the UTF-16 encoding, which means that characters in the Basic Multilingual Plane (BMP) are represented by a single 16-bit unsigned integer. Characters outside the BMP are represented by a pair of 16-bit integers known as surrogate pairs.<\/p>\n
Unicode values are used extensively in Java for various purposes, such as manipulating and comparing characters, displaying text in different languages, and handling input\/output operations involving international characters. <\/p>\n
To obtain the Unicode value of a character in Java, you can use the char<\/b> primitive data type or the String<\/b> class. Both provide methods to access the Unicode value of a character.<\/p>\n