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| ==== Unsigned 16 Bit Integer ===== | ===== Unsigned 16 Bit Integer ===== |
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| The character type ''char'' serves as Java's 16 bit, unsigned integer. Typically ''char''s are used in String operations, since Java originally was designed for the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Coded_Character_Set|UCS-2]] code point set. As Unicode grew in code points, a fixed sized character type became less usable. For higher code point, Java stores surrogate pairs in ''char''s. | The character type ''char'' serves as Java's 16 bit, unsigned integer. Typically ''char''s are used in String operations, since Java originally was designed for the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Coded_Character_Set|UCS-2]] code point set. As Unicode grew in code points, a fixed sized character type became less usable. For higher code point, Java stores surrogate pairs in ''char''s. |
