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title: "What is the numerical range of a char?"  
description: "What is the numerical range of a char?"  
author: "Chirag agarwal"  
published: 2017-11-20  
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category: "technology"  
tags: ["basic programming"]  
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# What is the numerical range of a char?

What is the numerical [range](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/2045/why-range-data-annotation-is-not-working-on-checkbox-in-client-side) of a char?

## Answers

### Answer by akriti kashyap

![What is the numerical range of a char?](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/8ebe00f4-3279-4132-b8cd-65119e89eec2/images/973a0cd9-7a62-4fa0-85dd-993ee84772a2.png)\

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

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*Hence, the calculation:* \
**2*8 = 16 bits** So, **(2^16)-1 = 65535** \
Thus, shows JAVA character have Unsigned Integer Value. Fruitful information for programmers for yielding an efficient code**All The Best!**\
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