Can anyone please explain the code?

[Shankar Salunkhe]

Hi,

Can anyone please explain the below code.
CODE : -

public class SampleClaass{

public static void main(String []args){
int a;
a='A';
System.out.write(a);
System.out.write('\n');
}
}

Why there is \n require for getting the output as : A.

If i removed the second System.out.write('\n');. The code get compile but unable to print the output.

Thanks in advance.
Shankar Salunkhe

[fred rosenberger]

Try this:

public class SampleClaass{

   public static void main(String []args){ 
      int a; 
      a='A'; 
      System.out.write(a); 
      System.out.flush();
   }
}

[Carina Caoor]

This is what the docs says,

public void write(int b)
Writes the specified byte to this stream. If the byte is a newline and automatic flushing is enabled then the flush method will be invoked.
Note that the byte is written as given; to write a character that will be translated according to the platform's default character encoding, use the print(char) or println(char) methods

By the way just curious to know why the character is assigned to int datatype?

[Campbell Ritchie]

You might get a hint from reading what the char datatype actually is. You will find it here in the Java Language Specification.