Java.lang.Character.charValue() Method

Description

The java.lang.Character.charValue() returns the value of this Character object.

Declaration

Following is the declaration for java.lang.Character.charValue() method

public char charValue()

Parameters

• NA

Return Value

This method returns the primitive char value represented by this object.

Exception

• NA

Example

The following example shows the usage of lang.Character.charValue() method.

package com.tutorialspoint;

import java.lang.*;

public class CharacterDemo {

   public static void main(String[] args) {

      // create a Character object c
      Character c;

      // assign value to c
      c = new Character('a');

      // create a char primitive ch
      char ch;

      // assign primitive value of c to ch
      ch = c.charValue();

      String str = "Primitive char value is " + ch;

      // print ch value
      System.out.println( str );
   }
}

Let us compile and run the above program, this will produce the following result:

Primitive char value is a