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convert String to char

 
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how do you convert a string to a char
 
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Assuming it's a one-character String, you just want

String s = "a";
char a = s.charAt(0);
 
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yea, that worked fine thanks.
Do you know how to initialize a char variable?

i.e,

char letter = ?;
 
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try a google search on "java define primitive types"
 
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