I write the code System.out.println('\577'); and it produces unclosed character literal error. What's the problem here as all the digits are in the limits of the octal integers?
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What _char_ is `\577` supposed to be? – Tom Oct 13 '19 at 05:55
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You need to escape back slash, System.out.println("\\577"); – Ruelos Joel Oct 13 '19 at 05:56
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1Not sure if this still applies https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9543026/why-do-java-octal-escapes-only-go-up-to-255 but base on that octal only go up to 255. – Kevin Ng Oct 13 '19 at 06:11
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1Your octal is too large. See also https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9543026/why-do-java-octal-escapes-only-go-up-to-255 – Henry Oct 13 '19 at 06:14
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1Possible duplicate of [Why do Java octal escapes only go up to 255?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9543026/why-do-java-octal-escapes-only-go-up-to-255) – Tom Oct 13 '19 at 15:07
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@KevinNg thanks...This solved – user12208242 Oct 17 '19 at 13:48
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@user12208242 - You are welcome. – Kevin Ng Oct 17 '19 at 22:27
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Just change it to System.out.println("/577");. You are getting error because you are using ' ' for a String but single quot (' ') can't take more that a Character, So you need to use " " (double quot) when you take into more than one character or string. Hope it works.
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