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<p>Most of the time, if you are using a single character value, you will use the primitive <code>char</code> type. For example:</p>
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<p>There are times, however, when you need to use a char as an object—for example, as a method argument where an object is expected. The Java programming language provides a <i>wrapper</i> class that "wraps" the <code>char</code> in a <code>Character</code> object for this purpose. An object of type <code>Character</code> contains a single field, whose type is <code>char</code>. This
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<p>The following table lists some of the most useful methods in the <code>Character</code> class, but is not exhaustive. For a complete listing of all methods in this class (there are more than 50), refer to the
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<td headers="h1"><code>boolean isLetter(char ch)<br />
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<h2>Escape Sequences</h2>
<p>A character preceded by a backslash (\) is an <i>escape sequence</i> and has special meaning to the compiler. The following table shows the Java escape sequences:</p>
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<p>When an escape sequence is encountered in a print statement, the compiler interprets it accordingly. For example, if you want to put quotes within quotes you must use the escape sequence, \", on the interior quotes. To print the sentence</p>
<div class="codeblock"><pre>
She said "Hello!" to me.
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