Java Convert special characters into Unicode

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I am using a Special Character in Java, which is causing an issue when I compile with UTF-8 encoding. How can I deal with this problem? Here is a code snapshot.

language = new SelectOption<String>("default", "Default/d�faut");

Here's one more thing: I also have to figure out how to convert it into Unicode.

hope [this](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1726174/how-to-compile-a-java-source-file-which-is-encoded-as-utf-8) helps. Notepad issue. — pratZ, Jul 25 '13 at 04:32

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 25 '13 at 04:29

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If you know the unicode number of the character you can escape it as follows:

language = new SelectOption<String>("default", "Default/d\u2202faut");

where 2202 is the unicode number

answered Jul 25 '13 at 04:29

Ernesto Campohermoso

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 25 '13 at 04:42

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Thanks to @Ernesto Campohermoso and @pratZ it works and here i found a link to convert Special Character to unicode .

Like Unicode of this � is \uFFFD which we can use in Java Class.

answered Jul 25 '13 at 04:42

You're welcome, but instead of put an answer you can put a comment like this. – Ernesto Campohermoso Jul 25 '13 at 04:45

Evgeniy Dorofeev · Answer 3 · 2013-07-25T06:06:30.530

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If the source file in UTF-8 compile it as javac -encoding UTF-8 ... and there will be no problem.

To convert the source file to Unicode-encoded use native2ascii util from JDK http://docs.oracle.com/javase/1.4.2/docs/tooldocs/windows/native2ascii.html

edited Jul 25 '13 at 06:06

answered Jul 25 '13 at 04:45

Evgeniy Dorofeev

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Java Convert special characters into Unicode

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