Declare String with Japanese characters in java

Question

I want to initialize a String in Java with japanese characters as below.

String str = "最終条件";

But when I type in my Eclipse Java editor, it is displayed like this

String str = "|||||||";

What should be the reason and how can i solve it?

Are that really seven bars for the four Japanese characters? Then it could be more than a font problem. What happens if you enter the characters as Unicode sequences? Are they displayed correctly in other views then, e.g. the Javadoc rendering? — Hauke Ingmar Schmidt, Jan 27 '12 at 22:50

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 19 '12 at 07:03

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Have you tried changing the text file encoding in your project properties?

Right-click on your project, click "Properties" and change "Resource" -> "Text file encoding" to "UTF-8", "Shift_JIS" or any other suitable encoding.

answered Jun 19 '12 at 07:03

moffermann

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score 2 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:21

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Try changing the font used by the text editor to one that supports Japanese characters. Menu: Window -> Preferences -> General -> Appearance -> Colors and Fonts -> Basic -> Text Font -> Edit

Here is a SO thread about Unicode fonts: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/586503/complete-monospaced-unicode-font

Good luck!

edited May 23 '17 at 12:21

Community

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answered Jan 27 '12 at 11:37

Sorin

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score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 19 '12 at 07:06

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You can also rely on the \u sequences for your Japanese character. For instance, you can use a tool like http://www.snible.org/java2/uni2java.html which converts any char sequence pasted in to the text area into a Java String.

answered Jun 19 '12 at 07:06

YMomb

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Declare String with Japanese characters in java

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