Java.lang.Character.isLowSurrogate() Method

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Description

The java.lang.Character.isLowSurrogate(char ch) determines if the given char value is a Unicode low-surrogate code unit (also known as trailing-surrogate code unit).

Such values do not represent characters by themselves, but are used in the representation of supplementary characters in the UTF-16 encoding.

Declaration

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

public static boolean isLowSurrogate(char ch)

Parameters

ch − the char value to be tested

Return Value

This method returns true if the char value is between MIN_LOW_SURROGATE and MAX_LOW_SURROGATE inclusive, false otherwise.

Exception

NA

Example

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

package com.tutorialspoint;

import java.lang.*;

public class CharacterDemo {

   public static void main(String[] args) {

      // create 2 char primitives ch1, ch2
      char ch1, ch2;

      // assign values to ch1, ch2
      ch1 = '\udc28';
      ch2 = 'a';

      // create 2 boolean primitives b1, b2
      boolean b1, b2;

      /**
       *  check if ch1, ch2 are Unicode low-surrogate code units
       *  and assign results to b1, b2
       */
      b1 = Character.isLowSurrogate(ch1);
      b2 = Character.isLowSurrogate(ch2);

      String str1 = "ch1 is a Unicode low-surrogate is " + b1;
      String str2 = ch2 + " is a Unicode low-surrogate is " + b2;

      // print b1, b2 values
      System.out.println( str1 );
      System.out.println( str2 );
   }
}

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

ch1 is a Unicode low-surrogate is true
a is a Unicode low-surrogate is false