get char value in java

Question

How can I get the UTF8 code of a char in Java ? I have the char \'a\' and I want the value 97 I have the char \'é\' and I want the value 233

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Answer 1

Your question is unclear. Do you want the Unicode codepoint for a particular character (which is the example you gave), or do you want to translate a Unicode codepoint into a UTF-8 byte sequence?

If the former, then I recommend the code charts at http://www.unicode.org/

If the latter, then the following program will do it:

public class Foo
{
   public static void main(String[] argv)
   throws Exception
   {
      char c = '\u00E9';
      ByteArrayOutputStream bos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
      OutputStreamWriter out = new OutputStreamWriter(bos, "UTF-8");
      out.write(c);
      out.flush();
      byte[] bytes = bos.toByteArray();
      for (int ii = 0 ; ii < bytes.length ; ii++)
         System.out.println(bytes[ii] & 0xFF);
   }
}

(there's also an online Unicode to UTF8 page, but I don't have the URL on this machine)