Java Character.UnicodeBlock of(int codePoint) Method

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Description

The Java Character.UnicodeBlock of(int codePoint) method returns the object representing the Unicode block containing the given character (Unicode code point), or null if the character is not a member of a defined block.

Declaration

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

public static Character.UnicodeBlock of(int codePoint)

Parameters

codePoint − This is the character (Unicode code point).

Return Value

This method returns the UnicodeBlock instance representing the Unicode block of which this character is a member, or null if the character is not a member of any Unicode block.

Exception

IllegalArgumentException − if the specified codePoint is an invalid Unicode code point.

Getting UnicodeBlock of BASIC_LATIN Example

The following example shows the usage of Java Character.UnicodeBlock of() method. We're using of() method to get UnicodeBlock of BASIC_LATIN using 20.

package com.tutorialspoint;

public class CharacterUnicodeBlockDemo {

   public static void main(String[] args) {

      // returns the UnicodeBlock by specifying codePoint
      System.out.println(Character.UnicodeBlock.of(20));
   }
} 

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

BASIC_LATIN

Getting UnicodeBlock of GREEK Example

The following example shows the usage of Java Character.UnicodeBlock of() method. We're using of() method to get UnicodeBlock of GREEK using 1009 and 999.

package com.tutorialspoint;

public class CharacterUnicodeBlockDemo {

   public static void main(String[] args) {

      // returns the UnicodeBlock by specifying codePoint
      System.out.println(Character.UnicodeBlock.of(1009));          
      System.out.println(Character.UnicodeBlock.of(999));   
   }
} 

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

GREEK
GREEK

Getting UnicodeBlock of CJK_SYMBOLS_AND_PUNCTUATION Example

The following example shows the usage of Java Character.UnicodeBlock of() method. We're using of() method to get UnicodeBlock of CJK_SYMBOLS_AND_PUNCTUATION using 12345.

package com.tutorialspoint;

public class CharacterUnicodeBlockDemo {

   public static void main(String[] args) {

      // returns the UnicodeBlock by specifying codePoint   
      System.out.println(Character.UnicodeBlock.of(12345));  
   }
} 

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

CJK_SYMBOLS_AND_PUNCTUATION