unclosed character literal

[Stefan Geelen]

Hi ,

I have following char[] array (partially reproduced:

  private static final char[] subset_cA = { 
    'A'
    '\096',
    '\097',
    '\100',
    '\101'
  }
  

The problem is that my compiler (NetBeans) gives an ' unclosed character literal' error for the values 096 and 097, but not 100 and 101.

Any idea why ?

Regards

[Jimmy Die]

Hi,

I don't see a comma after your 'A' in your array definition. I would check this first.

[Stefan Geelen]

Hi,

that was just a typo error when entering the message. It is correct is my Editor .

I have the impression that NetBeans is wrong here. Can someone else try this in another editor ?

Stefan

[Priyaa V Kumar]

I think that you cannot have the digits 8 or 9 as part of the char that you are defining.

For ex. '\107', '\777', 'A', 'E', 'Z' are valid values ... but '\108', '\901' are not.

[Jeff Bosch]

I also don't see a closing semicolon to end the statement. Plus, the format for the characters should be Unicode:

class arrayTest 
{
private static final char[] subset_cA =  'A', 
          '\u0096', 
          '\u0097', 
          '\u0100', 
          '\u0101' };  
 
public static void main(String[] args) 
{
  System.out.println(subset_cA);
}
}
  

To use Octal:

class arrayTest 
{
private static final char[] subset_cA = { // octal
'A',      /* A */
'\046',   /* & */
'\047',   /* ' */
'\052',   /* * */
'\71' };  /* 9 */
public static void main(String[] args) 
{
  System.out.println(subset_cA);
}
}
  

[ October 25, 2004: Message edited by: Jeff Bosch ]

[Stefan Geelen]

Hi, thanks for the solution.