Java Tutorial 9 - Character Data Type

Character Data Type
- stores a single character value using ASCII or Unicode

char letter = 'C'; // ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange)
char numChar = '4'; // save 4 as a character value not an integer value

// Using Unicode
// char letter = '\u0041'; // A
// char numChar = '\u0034';

// increment operator can be used on character variables
// to get the next preceding ASCII or Unicode character.