char datatype

[frejon26]

Why does the following char assignment produce an error?

char myChar = '\u000a';

When the following char assignment does not?

char myChar = '\u000b';

[masijade]

What error? 0A is a Line Feed whereas 0B is a Vertical Tab. See http://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U0000.pdf.

[JosAH]

Why does the following char assignment produce an error?

char myChar = '\u000a';

When the following char assignment does not?

char myChar = '\u000b';

The compiler scans input text for \uXXXX sequences before anything else and translates those sequences to the characters they represent; your program text ends up as:

char myChar = '
';

Your \u000a sequence was translated to a real newline character; the resulting text doesn't make up valid program text; that is where those symbolic representations come up: \n for \u000a and \r for \u000d etc.

kind regards,

Jos

[masijade]

Ah ya. Forgot again that the unicode is translated first. I'm still an idiot sometimes (more often than is comfortable, in fact).

[JosAH]

I'm still an idiot sometimes (more often than is comfortable, in fact).

You're not my long lost twin brother are you? ;-)

kind regards,

Jos

[frejon26]

thanks guys, I didn't know it was translated before it was assigned... good deal