What is the numerical range of a char?

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What is the numerical range of a char?

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What is the numerical range of a char?

As per the Unicode Character Base Scheme, a ‘char’ datatype in JAVA yields a space of 2 Bytes in a memory location.


Hence, the calculation:

2*8 = 16 bits
So,
(2^16)-1 = 65535

Thus, shows JAVA character have Unsigned Integer Value.
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answered 8 years ago Anonymous User
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