why this gives me compiler error??

[srikanth reddy]

public class ADirtyOne 
 { 
      //char a = '\u000A'; 
 }

here i have commented the line then how come it give me an error ??

[Roel De Nijs]

this is the symbol for the linefeed

[Barry Gaunt]

A frequently asked question: please search this forum or your Java book.

[A Kumar]

Hi,

  
 
public class ADirtyOne 
 
{ 
 
    /*char a = '\u000A';*/ 
 
}
 

This compiles fine..also the below one..

  
 
public class ADirtyOne 
 
{ 
 
    //char a = '\u000c'; 
 
}
 

 

 

The compiler is indeed parsing through the single line comment...

[Barry Gaunt]

"/* ... */" can be used for multiline comments so it does not matter if a linefeed is present between them.

"// ... " is for a single line comment so the linefeed has an impact on what the compiler sees on the next line.

[A Kumar]

Thanks barry