compiling code in java - hindi output required

Question

when i compile the following code, i am not getting any compile time error . where as the out put for the code is displayed as "?????".

i have tried compiling the code as javac hinditest.java

is there any way i can get output in the language that i have entered (hindi)

public class hinditest{
    public static void main(String args[])
    {
    String tst = "पाततद";
    System.out.print(tst);
    }
    }

thanks in advance ..

What's the OS? should be Windows? And to get the output, you have to run the program. Compiling won't give the output — Abimaran Kugathasan, Mar 28 '14 at 11:56
How are you executing the code - from the command line or in an IDE? — Duncan Jones, Mar 28 '14 at 11:56
you probably need to change the encoding of the console/environment. What OS/IDE are you using? — elyashiv, Mar 28 '14 at 11:57
i have written the code in note pad and executing the code in linux platform — GVR, Mar 28 '14 at 11:57
I get proper output both in Eclipse and in the command line. — Marko Topolnik, Mar 28 '14 at 11:59
possible duplicate of [Java: How to detect (and change?) encoding of System.console?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2415597/java-how-to-detect-and-change-encoding-of-system-console) — mpop, Mar 28 '14 at 12:03
Try to open the terminal with `screen -U` and then execute your program — Keerthivasan, Mar 28 '14 at 12:14
This might be useful to you http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10950020/display-hindi-language-in-console-using-java — Balwinder Singh, Mar 28 '14 at 12:20

Keerthivasan · Answer 1 · 2014-03-28T12:15:01.760

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? denotes that the character is not recognized. This happens when the charset used doesn't support the character. Please check whether encoding is UTF-8. You can open the terminal with screen -U and execute your code.

edited Mar 28 '14 at 12:15

answered Mar 28 '14 at 11:59

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when i was checking the reasons for the kind of output that i got, many people have written about encoding in UTF-8 char set .. frankly speaking i do not know how to check it .. – GVR Mar 28 '14 at 12:02
@Marko Topolnik Encoding of the environment – Keerthivasan Mar 28 '14 at 12:03
As i understand, the encoding supported by the platform where the OP runs doesn't support this charset. so, the OP has to set the required encoding. Please check this [link](http://perlgeek.de/en/article/set-up-a-clean-utf8-environment) – Keerthivasan Mar 28 '14 at 12:09
OK, so you mean the system environment. – Marko Topolnik Mar 28 '14 at 12:19
yes sir.. I think i have put a valid answer to the question. Did i? – Keerthivasan Mar 28 '14 at 12:20
@MarkoTopolnik It's my honour sir. I'm improving my skills to write better. Thank you sir – Keerthivasan Mar 28 '14 at 13:07

Shekhar Khairnar · Answer 2 · 2014-03-28T12:22:58.223

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you can try this ;

public static void main(String[] args) {
    System.setProperty("file.encoding", "UTF-8");
    String tst = "पाततद";
    System.out.print(tst);
}

and if you are using eclipse than you can set as Run Configuration -> Common -> Encoding -> Select UTF-8

edited Mar 28 '14 at 12:22

answered Mar 28 '14 at 12:02

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@Shekhar +1 but I will recommend to use `UTF-16`, it will include all the characters that are possible. – Vishrant Mar 28 '14 at 12:08

score 1 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:06

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Please see the stack over flow link below for encoding your output. Java: How to detect (and change?) encoding of System.console?

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Mar 28 '14 at 12:04

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String tst = "पाततद";
byte[] array = tst.getBytes("UTF-8");
String s = new String(array, Charset.forName("UTF-8"));
System.out.println(s);

The String constructor cannot distinguish the charset that is being used and will try to convert it using the system standard which is generally something like ASCII or ISO-8859-1. This is why normal A-Za-z looks proper but then everything else begins to fail.

Byte is a type that runs from -127 to 127 thus for UTF-8 conversion consecutive bytes need to be concatenated. It's impossible for the String constructor to distinguish this off a byte array so it will handle each byte individually by default (thus why basic alphanumeric will always work as they fall into this range).

answered Mar 28 '14 at 12:04

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This is ridiculous. A String is a String, it has no encoding---or if you want, it has always the same encoding, defined by the JLS. – Marko Topolnik Mar 28 '14 at 12:08
A book is a book and a plane is a plane. What's your point? And no, actually a String is not a String but rather an array of chars. If you still don't believe me rethink about refreshing your Java knowledge. Also, try putting different encoding into parentheses (e.g. ISO-8859-1) and you will see the output on the console MAGICALLY change! – darijan Mar 28 '14 at 12:11
Of course, because you have destroyed the original string. – Marko Topolnik Mar 28 '14 at 12:16
BTW "a String is an array of chars"---and what is a char? How do you change the encoding of a char? Answer: *you can't* because that's not how Java works. – Marko Topolnik Mar 28 '14 at 12:16
Please, please study this method `java.lang.StringCoding.decode(Charset cs, byte[] ba, int off, int len);`. Ziv bio. – darijan Mar 28 '14 at 12:18
Ziv bio ti meni 100 godina :) but your answer still doesn't make sense. You can't "fix" a string by dumping into a byte array then reading back that array into another string. At best you end up with the same string, otherwise you get mojibake. – Marko Topolnik Mar 28 '14 at 12:20

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Mar 28 '14 at 12:06

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You can specify the encoding property in command line as follows:

java -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 hinditest

answered Mar 28 '14 at 12:06

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