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java is ASCII or Unicode ??

 
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hi all,

can i know java is ASCII or Unicode ??

please advise.

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Java stores strings as UNICODE.

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See JLS - Lexical Structure...

Programs are written in Unicode (�3.1), but lexical translations are provided (�3.2) so that Unicode escapes (�3.3) can be used to include any Unicode character using only ASCII characters.

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Java is Unicode. But the first set of characters in Unicode are ASCII, specifically US-ASCII. So since ASCII is a subset of Unicode, its trivial to do work in ASCII within Java.

But writing ASCII only code in java is bad form unless its just quick and dirty.
 
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