Print the unicode code instead of character

Question

I would like eclipse to allow to print and save a unicode code instead of the character (For use in another program after).

String string = "\u2588";

I want the output to be \u2588 not the block character.

First time posting so sorry for anything done wrong :(.

See [this](http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/java/data/characters.html) — Maroun, Sep 30 '13 at 10:22
Try this: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2220366/get-unicode-value-of-a-character — KG_, Sep 30 '13 at 10:23

score 6 · Accepted Answer · edited Sep 30 '13 at 10:23

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String string = "\\u2588";

If you use two backslashes it does not try to detect the escape sequence.

edited Sep 30 '13 at 10:23

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answered Sep 30 '13 at 10:22

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Ron · Answer 2 · 2013-09-30T10:23:46.730

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The backslash \ is an escape character, to print an actual '\' use "\\"

String s = "\\u2588"

edited Sep 30 '13 at 10:23

answered Sep 30 '13 at 10:22

Ron

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score -1 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 30 '13 at 10:26

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Use this code for printing unicode char

String unicodeMessage =
        "\u7686\u3055\u3093\u3001\u3053\u3093\u306b\u3061\u306f";

        PrintStream out = new PrintStream(System.out, true, "UTF-8");
        out.println(unicodeMessage);

answered Sep 30 '13 at 10:26

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Print the unicode code instead of character

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