- The Character.getType(char ch) is an inbuilt method in java that returns a value indicating a character’s general category. This method cannot handle supplementary characters. To support all Unicode characters, including supplementary characters, use the getType(int) method. Syntax:
public static int getType(char ch)
- Parameters: The method accepts one parameter ch of character datatype which refers to the character to be tested. Return value: This method returns a value of type integer representing the character’s general category. Below programs illustrates the use of Character.getType(char ch) method: Program 1:Â
Java
import java.lang.*;Â
public class gfg {Â
   public static void main(String[] args) {Â
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      // Create 2 character primitives ch1, ch2 and assigning values      char c1 = 'K', c2 = '%';Â
      // Assign getType values of c1, c2 to int primitives int1, int2      int int1 = Character.getType(c1);      int int2 = Character.getType(c2);Â
      String str1 = "Category of " + c1 + " is " + int1;      String str2 = "Category of " + c2 + " is " + int2;Â
      System.out.println( str1 );      System.out.println( str2 );   }} |
Output:
Category of K is 1 Category of % is 24
- Program 2:Â
Java
import java.lang.*;Â
public class gfg {Â
   public static void main(String[] args) {Â
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      // Create 2 character primitives ch1, ch2 and assigning values      char c1 = 'T', c2 = '^';Â
      // Assign getType values of c1, c2 to int primitives int1, int2     int int1 = Character.getType(c1);     int int2 = Character.getType(c2);Â
      String str1 = "Category of " + c1 + " is " + int1;      String str2 = "Category of " + c2 + " is " + int2;Â
      System.out.println(str1);      System.out.println(str2);   }} |
Output:
Category of T is 1 Category of ^ is 27
- The java.lang.Character getType(int codePoint) is similar to previous method in all the manner, this method can handle supplementary characters. Syntax:
public static int getType(int codePoint)
- Parameter: The method accepts a single parameter codePoint of integer datatype and refers to the character (Unicode code point) to be tested. Return Value: This method returns a value of type int representing the character’s general category. Below programs demonstrates the above mentioned method: Program 1:Â
Java
// Java program to demonstrate// the above methodimport java.lang.*;Â
public class gfg {Â
   public static void main(String[] args) {Â
      // int primitives c1, c2      int c1 = 0x0037, c2 = 0x016f;Â
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      // Assign getType values of c1, c2 to int primitives int1, int2     int int1 = Character.getType(c1);     int int2 = Character.getType(c2);Â
      // Print int1, int2 values      System.out.println( "Category of c1 is " + int1);      System.out.println( "Category of c1 is " + int2);   }} |
Output:
Category of c1 is 9 Category of c1 is 2
- Program 2:Â
Java
// Java program to demonstrate// the above methodimport java.lang.*;Â
public class gfg {Â
   public static void main(String[] args) {Â
      // int primitives c1, c2      int c1 = 0x0135, c2 = 0x015f;Â
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      // Assign getType values of c1, c2 to int primitives int1, int2     int int1 = Character.getType(c1);     int int2 = Character.getType(c2);Â
      // Print int1, int2 values      System.out.println( "Category of c1 is " + int1);      System.out.println( "Category of c1 is " + int2);   }} |
Output:
Category of c1 is 2 Category of c1 is 2
