Another simple Java puzzle. Does the following code compile? If so, what does it do when you run it? public class Unicode { public static void main(String[] args) { System.out.println(“\uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu0055″); } } Answer: Show ▼ It prints “U”. Unicode literals in Java are usually of the form \uxxxx, where xxxx is the hexadecimal form of […]
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Java puzzle 2: Extra long Unicode literals
Posted by Simon on May 8, 2010
https://nickerson.org.uk/blog/2010/java-puzzle-2-extra-long-unicode-literals/
Java puzzle 1: fun with Loggers
I’ve been a fan of Java Puzzlers by Joshua Bloch and Neal Gafter since a colleague lent me a copy about a year ago. Every now and again, I come across weird things in Java that I think would make a good puzzle. In the spirit of Java Puzzlers, consider the following piece of code. […]
Posted by Simon on April 8, 2010
https://nickerson.org.uk/blog/2010/java-puzzle-1-fun-with-loggers/
Podcast: “Shot of JAQ”
In a prior life on Usenet, I knew a chap called Stuart Langridge, who went by the nick “Aquarius”. Aq had interesting and forthright opinions on pretty much any subject you cared to mention, and could put them forward eloquently and persuasively. To my delight, I’ve discovered that Aq and a compadre (Jono Bacon) now […]
Posted by Simon on January 30, 2010
https://nickerson.org.uk/blog/2010/podcast-shot-of-jaq/
Is a random set of bytes a UTF-8 string?
UTF-8 is an encoding for Unicode text with several nice properties: Any Unicode string can be encoded For pure ASCII text (characters under 128), the UTF-8 encoded form is the same as the ASCII form It’s pretty well universally recognised as a text-interchange format on the Internet Random byte streams are unlikely to be misinterpreted […]
Posted by Simon on January 30, 2010
https://nickerson.org.uk/blog/2010/is-a-random-set-of-bytes-a-utf-8-string/