Character getType() Method in Java with examples

The Character.getType(char ch) is an inbuilt method in java that returns a value indicating a character’s general category. This method cannot handle supplementary characters. To support all Unicode characters, including supplementary characters, use the getType(int) method.

Syntax:

public static int getType(char ch)

Parameters: The method accepts one parameter ch of character datatype which refers to the character to be tested.

Return value: This method returns a value of type integer representing the character’s general category.

Below programs illustrates the use of Character.getType(char ch) method:
Program 1:

import java.lang.*; 
  
public class gfg { 
  
   public static void main(String[] args) { 
  
  
      // Create 2 character primitives ch1, ch2 and assigning values 
      char c1 = 'K', c2 = '%'; 
  
      // Assign getType values of c1, c2 to int primitives int1, int2 
      int int1 = Character.getType(c1); 
      int int2 = Character.getType(c2); 
  
      String str1 = "Category of " + c1 + " is " + int1; 
      String str2 = "Category of " + c2 + " is " + int2; 
  
      System.out.println( str1 ); 
      System.out.println( str2 ); 
   } 
} 

Output:

Category of K is 1
Category of % is 24

Program 2:

import java.lang.*; 
  
public class gfg { 
  
   public static void main(String[] args) { 
  
  
      // Create 2 character primitives ch1, ch2 and assigning values 
      char c1 = 'T', c2 = '^'; 
  
      // Assign getType values of c1, c2 to inyt primitives int1, int2 
     int int1 = Character.getType(c1); 
     int int2 = Character.getType(c2); 
  
      String str1 = "Category of " + c1 + " is " + int1; 
      String str2 = "Category of " + c2 + " is " + int2; 
  
      System.out.println(str1); 
      System.out.println(str2); 
   } 
} 

Output:

Category of T is 1
Category of ^ is 27

The java.lang.Character getType(int codePoint) is similar to previous method in all the manner, this method can handle supplementary characters.

Syntax:

public static int getType(int codePoint)

Parameter: The method accepts a single parameter codePoint of integer datatype and refers to the character (Unicode code point) to be tested.

Return Value: This method returns a value of type int representing the character’s general category.

Below programs demonstrates the above mentioned method:
Program 1:

// Java program to demonstrate 
// the above method 
import java.lang.*; 
  
public class gfg { 
  
   public static void main(String[] args) { 
  
      // int primitives c1, c2 
      int c1 = 0x0037, c2 = 0x016f; 
  
  
      // Assign getType values of c1, c2 to int primitives int1, int2 
     int int1 = Character.getType(c1); 
     int int2 = Character.getType(c2); 
  
      // Print int1, int2 values 
      System.out.println(  "Category of c1 is " + int1); 
      System.out.println(  "Category of c1 is " + int2); 
   } 
} 

Output:

Category of c1 is 9
Category of c1 is 2

Program 2:

// Java program to demonstrate 
// the above method 
import java.lang.*; 
  
public class gfg { 
  
   public static void main(String[] args) { 
  
      // int primitives c1, c2 
      int c1 = 0x0135, c2 = 0x015f; 
  
  
      // Assign getType values of c1, c2 to int primitives int1, int2 
     int int1 = Character.getType(c1); 
     int int2 = Character.getType(c2); 
  
      // Print int1, int2 values 
      System.out.println(  "Category of c1 is " + int1); 
      System.out.println(  "Category of c1 is " + int2); 
   } 
} 

Output:

Category of c1 is 2
Category of c1 is 2

Reference: https://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/lang/Character.html#getType(char)

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