Character ranges

[Shafeeq Sheikh]

Hi guys....
char a = '\u000A';
gives a compiler error but
char a = '\u000B'; compiles cleanly......
Can't seem to figure out the correct range of a CHAR literal....
Can anybody throw some light on this???
Thanks....

[sushant]

Hi,
the problem that u seem to have is that the character '\u000a'
is reserved.
thats the reason that u cant assign it to anything else.
sushant

[rajsim]

Remember unicode escapes are processed before actual compilation.
Thus your code
char a = '\u000A';
becomes
char a = '
';
as \u000a is the new-line character

That is clearly an error.
Also check-out '\u0027' which is single-quote
char a = '\u0027';
means
char a = ''';
and '\u005c' which is back-slash.
char a = '\u005c';
means
char a = '\';

[Shafeeq Sheikh]

Does this mean that one has to remember/memorize all of these codes so that questions of these types in the SCJP can be answered correctly???
That'll be tough!!!