Character.GetName(Int32) Method

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: Java.Lang

Assembly:: Mono.Android.dll

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Returns the Unicode name of the specified character codePoint, or null if the code point is #UNASSIGNED unassigned.

[Android.Runtime.Register("getName", "(I)Ljava/lang/String;", "")]
public static string? GetName (int codePoint);

[<Android.Runtime.Register("getName", "(I)Ljava/lang/String;", "")>]
static member GetName : int -> string

Parameters

codePoint: Int32

the character (Unicode code point)

Returns

String

the Unicode name of the specified character, or null if the code point is unassigned.

Attributes: RegisterAttribute

Exceptions

IllegalArgumentException

if codePoint is not a valid code point.

Remarks

Returns the Unicode name of the specified character codePoint, or null if the code point is #UNASSIGNED unassigned.

Note: if the specified character is not assigned a name by the UnicodeData file (part of the Unicode Character Database maintained by the Unicode Consortium), the returned name is the same as the result of expression:

<blockquote>Character.UnicodeBlock.of(codePoint).toString().replace('_', ' ') + " " + Integer.toHexString(codePoint).toUpperCase(Locale.ROOT);</blockquote>

Added in 1.7.

Java documentation for java.lang.Character.getName(int).

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Applies to