UTF-16 Character

In this chapter you will learn:

1. UTF-16 Character
2. Using Unicode Encoding to Display a Smiley Face

UTF-16 Character

.Net framework uses UTF-16 to store strings and characters. In UTF-16 characters occupy one or two 16 bits storage, while char type in C# only uses one 16 bits. Two-16-bits characters are called surrogates. The following code shows how to check if a char is a surrogate.

using System;/*from java2  s .  com*/
using System.Text;
class Sample
{
    public static void Main()
    {
        char ch = 'a';
        Console.WriteLine(char.IsSurrogate(ch));

    }
}

The output:

Smiley Face

class MainClass//from  ja va  2 s .c o  m
{
  static void Main()
  {

    System.Console.Write('\u003A');
    System.Console.WriteLine('\u0029');

  }
}

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What you will learn in the next chapter:

1. C# integer types

bool

bool and if statement

bool value to string

Parse string to bool value

char type

char escape sequence

char case

Compare char value

char min/max value

Is char a digit

Is char a letter

Is char a symbol

Is char a Separator

Is char white space

Convert to char

UTF-16 Character