UnicodeBlock Class

The Java Character.UnicodeBlock class is a family of character subsets representing the character blocks in the Unicode specification. Character blocks generally define characters used for a specific script or purpose.

Class Declaration

Following is the declaration for java.lang.Character.UnicodeBlock class −

publicstaticfinalclassCharacter.UnicodeBlockextendsCharacter.Subset

Class Methods

Sr.No.	Method & Description
1	forName()This method returns the UnicodeBlock with the given name.
2	of()This method returns the object representing the Unicode block containing the given character, or null if the character is not a member of a defined block.
2	of(int codePoint)This method returns the object representing the Unicode block containing the given character, or null if the character is not a member of a defined block.

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Getting UnicodeBlock using Block Names Example

The following example shows the usage of Java Character.UnicodeBlock forName() method.

Open Compiler

packagecom.tutorialspoint;publicclassCharacterUnicodeBlockDemo{publicstaticvoidmain(String[] args){// returns the UnicodeBlock instance with blockName "BASIC_LATIN"System.out.println(Character.UnicodeBlock.forName("BASIC_LATIN"));// returns the UnicodeBlock instance with blockName "BasicLatin"System.out.println(Character.UnicodeBlock.forName("BasicLatin"));// returns the UnicodeBlock instance with specified blockName System.out.println(Character.UnicodeBlock.forName("ARABIC"));System.out.println(Character.UnicodeBlock.forName("MUSICALSYMBOLS"));System.out.println(Character.UnicodeBlock.forName("TAMIL"));}}

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

BASIC_LATIN
BASIC_LATIN
ARABIC
MUSICAL_SYMBOLS
TAMIL