Displaying The Correct Glyph

Aegis1888 · **Displaying The Correct Glyph -** 07-02-2009, 10:24 AM

Hi Guys,

I have a problem. I'm trying to display the glyph for "£" from its string literal which is "& # 1 6 3 ;". I've got two strings

Code:

	String a = "£";
	String b = "& # 1 6 3 ;";

and I output the values to the console;

Code:

       System.out.println(a);
       System.out.println(b);

String a comes out as "£" but String b is not converted to the same glyph. Why doesn't eclipse do this when the editor for this post does?

NOTE: that the string "& # 1 6 3 ;" should not have spaces in between the characters, but it was the only way I could display the String without the editor converting it to the £ glyph.

Trollhorn · 07-03-2009, 06:32 AM

Why not use char instead of String?

Code:

char a = 163; // the unicode character with number 163

System.out.println(a);

oxygold · 07-07-2009, 04:21 AM

1. '£', this symbol is copied to java editor from somewhere else. In Eclipse, if you copy one encode which is not set by java editor to java editor. Java editor won't support.
2. Set the encode of the java editor to ISO-8859-1. you can make it through Window->Preference->General->Editors->Text Editors->Spelling->Dictionarier->Encode