UTF-8 Encode?

[FiniteRed]

Hi Everyone

I am trying to encode a small string to UTF-8 (JDK 1.5)

public void convert() {

        try {
            
            byte[] bytes = "&+&".getBytes("UTF-8");
            String harrow = (bytes[0] + " : " + bytes[1] + " : " + bytes[2]);
            System.out.println(harrow);
            
        } catch (UnsupportedEncodingException ex) {
            ex.printStackTrace();
        } // catch

} // convert

But all I get is the ASCII codes for '&+&' ->

38 : 43 : 38

I need the UTF-8 codes, can someone point out what I am doing wrong?

Cheers :)

FR

[justbeller]

You have to use this code for UTF-8

public void convert() {

try {
String str=new String("&+&","UTF-8");
javax.swing.JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null,str );
} catch (UnsupportedEncodingException ex) {
ex.printStackTrace();
} // catch

} // convert

but one thing you should note that utf-8 cod can not show in console...!!!!!!!!