why commented line is compiled?

//char a = '\u000A';
even if i comment this line, i get compile time error. can anyone explain me why?

can you please post your snippet of code so that we can have a better look at your program ?

package Samples;
public class Chars
{
public static void main(String[] a)
{
String s = new String();
s = "hello";
s += "@@#";
System.out.println(s);
//char c = '\u000a';
System.out.println(c);
}
}

Output:
popo$ cd Assignments/
popo$ javac -d ./ Char1.java
Char1.java:10: unclosed character literal
//char c = '\u000a';
^
1 error
popo$

please refer this link http://www.coderanch.com/t/264507/java-programmer-SCJP/certification/why-char-not-compiling

gurpeet singh wrote:please refer this link http://www.coderanch.com/t/264507/java-programmer-SCJP/certification/why-char-not-compiling

Thank you so much. Can you tell me how can i find the inappropriate unicode values for the char data type?

refer this http://unicodinator.com/#004D

I tried to add the following lines in the program. I get compile time error "illegal uniciode escape"

1. char c = '\u660';
2. char c = '\u066';

should the unicode value always be of 4 digit (hex a decimal alphabets) value?

Ilakya Mukunth wrote:I tried to add the following lines in the program. I get compile time error "illegal uniciode escape"

1. char c = '\u660';
2. char c = '\u066';

should the unicode value always be of 4 digit (hex a decimal alphabets) value?

but at the same time, the following works fine
3. char c = '\61';
4. char e = '\061';

\u660 is no code point in unicode code pages. there is an arabic character with code point \u0660. please check the site i linked above. the point is that you must follow exactly whatever code points the unicode guys alloted to various languages , characters all over the world.

gurpeet singh wrote:\u660 is no code point in unicode code pages. there is an arabic character with code point \u0660. please check the site i linked above. the point is that you must follow exactly whatever code points the unicode guys alloted to various languages , characters all over the world.

Thanks for the reply, what abt line 3 and 4