How to print the extended ASCII code in java from integer value

Question

public static void main(String[] args) 
{
int i=153;
int j=63;
System.out.println((char)i);
System.out.println((char)j);
}


OUTPUT:-
?
?

I have some ideas why is this strange output.. But can anyone give me some idea so that i can print the extended ASCIIs as well..

Sneed

possible duplicate of JAVA extended ASCII table usage – Potence

Your code is working as expected. for e.g. System.out.println((char)67); will print 'C'. – Shorthanded

possible duplicate of Extended Ascii doesn't work in console! – Parrott

Braj if you put some value beyond 127 then it will not work as expected, due to some ASCII limitation... – Sneed

Answer 1

ASCII 153 (0x99) is different from Unicode U+0099 (Control character).

Solution

This program should do what you intend it to do:

public class ExtendedAscii {
    public static final char[] EXTENDED = { 0x00C7, 0x00FC, 0x00E9, 0x00E2,
            0x00E4, 0x00E0, 0x00E5, 0x00E7, 0x00EA, 0x00EB, 0x00E8, 0x00EF,
            0x00EE, 0x00EC, 0x00C4, 0x00C5, 0x00C9, 0x00E6, 0x00C6, 0x00F4,
            0x00F6, 0x00F2, 0x00FB, 0x00F9, 0x00FF, 0x00D6, 0x00DC, 0x00A2,
            0x00A3, 0x00A5, 0x20A7, 0x0192, 0x00E1, 0x00ED, 0x00F3, 0x00FA,
            0x00F1, 0x00D1, 0x00AA, 0x00BA, 0x00BF, 0x2310, 0x00AC, 0x00BD,
            0x00BC, 0x00A1, 0x00AB, 0x00BB, 0x2591, 0x2592, 0x2593, 0x2502,
            0x2524, 0x2561, 0x2562, 0x2556, 0x2555, 0x2563, 0x2551, 0x2557,
            0x255D, 0x255C, 0x255B, 0x2510, 0x2514, 0x2534, 0x252C, 0x251C,
            0x2500, 0x253C, 0x255E, 0x255F, 0x255A, 0x2554, 0x2569, 0x2566,
            0x2560, 0x2550, 0x256C, 0x2567, 0x2568, 0x2564, 0x2565, 0x2559,
            0x2558, 0x2552, 0x2553, 0x256B, 0x256A, 0x2518, 0x250C, 0x2588,
            0x2584, 0x258C, 0x2590, 0x2580, 0x03B1, 0x00DF, 0x0393, 0x03C0,
            0x03A3, 0x03C3, 0x00B5, 0x03C4, 0x03A6, 0x0398, 0x03A9, 0x03B4,
            0x221E, 0x03C6, 0x03B5, 0x2229, 0x2261, 0x00B1, 0x2265, 0x2264,
            0x2320, 0x2321, 0x00F7, 0x2248, 0x00B0, 0x2219, 0x00B7, 0x221A,
            0x207F, 0x00B2, 0x25A0, 0x00A0 };

    public static final char getAscii(int code) {
        if (code >= 0x80 && code <= 0xFF) {
            return EXTENDED[code - 0x7F];
        }
        return (char) code;
    }

    public static final void printChar(int code) {
        System.out.printf("%c%n", getAscii(code));
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        printChar(153);
        printChar(63);
    }
}

Output:

Ü
?

As you can see from the output above, the intended character gets printed correctly.

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Extension of Concept

Also, I wrote a program that prints out the Unicode values for the extended Ascii. As you can see in the output below, a lot of characters have trouble being displayed as native char.

Code:

public class ExtendedAscii {
    public static final char[] EXTENDED = { 0x00C7, 0x00FC, 0x00E9, 0x00E2,
            0x00E4, 0x00E0, 0x00E5, 0x00E7, 0x00EA, 0x00EB, 0x00E8, 0x00EF,
            0x00EE, 0x00EC, 0x00C4, 0x00C5, 0x00C9, 0x00E6, 0x00C6, 0x00F4,
            0x00F6, 0x00F2, 0x00FB, 0x00F9, 0x00FF, 0x00D6, 0x00DC, 0x00A2,
            0x00A3, 0x00A5, 0x20A7, 0x0192, 0x00E1, 0x00ED, 0x00F3, 0x00FA,
            0x00F1, 0x00D1, 0x00AA, 0x00BA, 0x00BF, 0x2310, 0x00AC, 0x00BD,
            0x00BC, 0x00A1, 0x00AB, 0x00BB, 0x2591, 0x2592, 0x2593, 0x2502,
            0x2524, 0x2561, 0x2562, 0x2556, 0x2555, 0x2563, 0x2551, 0x2557,
            0x255D, 0x255C, 0x255B, 0x2510, 0x2514, 0x2534, 0x252C, 0x251C,
            0x2500, 0x253C, 0x255E, 0x255F, 0x255A, 0x2554, 0x2569, 0x2566,
            0x2560, 0x2550, 0x256C, 0x2567, 0x2568, 0x2564, 0x2565, 0x2559,
            0x2558, 0x2552, 0x2553, 0x256B, 0x256A, 0x2518, 0x250C, 0x2588,
            0x2584, 0x258C, 0x2590, 0x2580, 0x03B1, 0x00DF, 0x0393, 0x03C0,
            0x03A3, 0x03C3, 0x00B5, 0x03C4, 0x03A6, 0x0398, 0x03A9, 0x03B4,
            0x221E, 0x03C6, 0x03B5, 0x2229, 0x2261, 0x00B1, 0x2265, 0x2264,
            0x2320, 0x2321, 0x00F7, 0x2248, 0x00B0, 0x2219, 0x00B7, 0x221A,
            0x207F, 0x00B2, 0x25A0, 0x00A0 };

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        for (char c : EXTENDED) {
            System.out.printf("%s, ", new String(Character.toChars(c)));
        }
    }
}

Output:

Ç, ü, é, â, ä, à, å, ç, ê, ë, è, ï, î, ì, Ä, Å, É, æ, Æ, ô, ö, ò, û, ù, ÿ, Ö, Ü, ¢, £, ¥, ?, ƒ, á, í, ó, ú, ñ, Ñ, ª, º, ¿, ?, ¬, ½, ¼, ¡, «, », ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ß, ?, ?, ?, ?, µ, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ±, ?, ?, ?, ?, ÷, ?, °, ?, ·, ?, ?, ², ?,  ,

Reference Table: (source)

Dec Hex Unicode     Char    Description
--- --- -------     ----    -----------------------------------
128 80  U+00C7      Ç   latin capital letter c with cedilla
129 81  U+00FC      ü   latin small letter u with diaeresis
130 82  U+00E9      é   latin small letter e with acute
131 83  U+00E2      â   latin small letter a with circumflex
132 84  U+00E4      ä   latin small letter a with diaeresis
133 85  U+00E0      à   latin small letter a with grave
134 86  U+00E5      å   latin small letter a with ring above
135 87  U+00E7      ç   latin small letter c with cedilla
136 88  U+00EA      ê   latin small letter e with circumflex
137 89  U+00EB      ë   latin small letter e with diaeresis
138 8A  U+00E8      è   latin small letter e with grave
139 8B  U+00EF      ï   latin small letter i with diaeresis
140 8C  U+00EE      î   latin small letter i with circumflex
141 8D  U+00EC      ì   latin small letter i with grave
142 8E  U+00C4      Ä   latin capital letter a with diaeresis
143 8F  U+00C5      Å   latin capital letter a with ring above
144 90  U+00C9      É   latin capital letter e with acute
145 91  U+00E6      æ   latin small ligature ae
146 92  U+00C6      Æ   latin capital ligature ae
147 93  U+00F4      ô   latin small letter o with circumflex
148 94  U+00F6      ö   latin small letter o with diaeresis
149 95  U+00F2      ò   latin small letter o with grave
150 96  U+00FB      û   latin small letter u with circumflex
151 97  U+00F9      ù   latin small letter u with grave
152 98  U+00FF      ÿ   latin small letter y with diaeresis
153 99  U+00D6      Ö   latin capital letter o with diaeresis
154 9A  U+00DC      Ü   latin capital letter u with diaeresis
155 9B  U+00A2      ¢   cent sign
156 9C  U+00A3      £   pound sign
157 9D  U+00A5      ¥   yen sign
158 9E  U+20A7      ₧   peseta sign
159 9F  U+0192      ƒ   latin small letter f with hook
160 A0  U+00E1      á   latin small letter a with acute
161 A1  U+00ED      í   latin small letter i with acute
162 A2  U+00F3      ó   latin small letter o with acute
163 A3  U+00FA      ú   latin small letter u with acute
164 A4  U+00F1      ñ   latin small letter n with tilde
165 A5  U+00D1      Ñ   latin capital letter n with tilde
166 A6  U+00AA      ª   feminine ordinal indicator
167 A7  U+00BA      º   masculine ordinal indicator
168 A8  U+00BF      ¿   inverted question mark
169 A9  U+2310      ⌐   reversed not sign
170 AA  U+00AC      ¬   not sign
171 AB  U+00BD      ½   vulgar fraction one half
172 AC  U+00BC      ¼   vulgar fraction one quarter
173 AD  U+00A1      ¡   inverted exclamation mark
174 AE  U+00AB      «   left-pointing double angle quotation mark
175 AF  U+00BB      »   right-pointing double angle quotation mark
176 B0  U+2591      ░   light shade
177 B1  U+2592      ▒   medium shade
178 B2  U+2593      ▓   dark shade
179 B3  U+2502      │   box drawings light vertical
180 B4  U+2524      ┤   box drawings light vertical and left
181 B5  U+2561      ╡   box drawings vertical single and left double
182 B6  U+2562      ╢   box drawings vertical double and left single
183 B7  U+2556      ╖   box drawings down double and left single
184 B8  U+2555      ╕   box drawings down single and left double
185 B9  U+2563      ╣   box drawings double vertical and left
186 BA  U+2551      ║   box drawings double vertical
187 BB  U+2557      ╗   box drawings double down and left
188 BC  U+255D      ╝   box drawings double up and left
189 BD  U+255C      ╜   box drawings up double and left single
190 BE  U+255B      ╛   box drawings up single and left double
191 BF  U+2510      ┐   box drawings light down and left
192 C0  U+2514      └   box drawings light up and right
193 C1  U+2534      ┴   box drawings light up and horizontal
194 C2  U+252C      ┬   box drawings light down and horizontal
195 C3  U+251C      ├   box drawings light vertical and right
196 C4  U+2500      ─   box drawings light horizontal
197 C5  U+253C      ┼   box drawings light vertical and horizontal
198 C6  U+255E      ╞   box drawings vertical single and right double
199 C7  U+255F      ╟   box drawings vertical double and right single
200 C8  U+255A      ╚   box drawings double up and right
201 C9  U+2554      ╔   box drawings double down and right
202 CA  U+2569      ╩   box drawings double up and horizontal
203 CB  U+2566      ╦   box drawings double down and horizontal
204 CC  U+2560      ╠   box drawings double vertical and right
205 CD  U+2550      ═   box drawings double horizontal
206 CE  U+256C      ╬   box drawings double vertical and horizontal
207 CF  U+2567      ╧   box drawings up single and horizontal double
208 D0  U+2568      ╨   box drawings up double and horizontal single
209 D1  U+2564      ╤   box drawings down single and horizontal double
210 D2  U+2565      ╥   box drawings down double and horizontal single
211 D3  U+2559      ╙   box drawings up double and right single
212 D4  U+2558      ╘   box drawings up single and right double
213 D5  U+2552      ╒   box drawings down single and right double
214 D6  U+2553      ╓   box drawings down double and right single
215 D7  U+256B      ╫   box drawings vertical double and horizontal single
216 D8  U+256A      ╪   box drawings vertical single and horizontal double
217 D9  U+2518      ┘   box drawings light up and left
218 DA  U+250C      ┌   box drawings light down and right
219 DB  U+2588      █   full block
220 DC  U+2584      ▄   lower half block
221 DD  U+258C      ▌   left half block
222 DE  U+2590      ▐   right half block
223 DF  U+2580      ▀   upper half block
224 E0  U+03B1      α   greek small letter alpha
225 E1  U+00DF      ß   latin small letter sharp s
226 E2  U+0393      Γ   greek capital letter gamma
227 E3  U+03C0      π   greek small letter pi
228 E4  U+03A3      Σ   greek capital letter sigma
229 E5  U+03C3      σ   greek small letter sigma
230 E6  U+00B5      µ   micro sign
231 E7  U+03C4      τ   greek small letter tau
232 E8  U+03A6      Φ   greek capital letter phi
233 E9  U+0398      Θ   greek capital letter theta
234 EA  U+03A9      Ω   greek capital letter omega
235 EB  U+03B4      δ   greek small letter delta
236 EC  U+221E      ∞   infinity
237 ED  U+03C6      φ   greek small letter phi
238 EE  U+03B5      ε   greek small letter epsilon
239 EF  U+2229      ∩   intersection
240 F0  U+2261      ≡   identical to
241 F1  U+00B1      ±   plus-minus sign
242 F2  U+2265      ≥   greater-than or equal to
243 F3  U+2264      ≤   less-than or equal to
244 F4  U+2320      ⌠   top half integral
245 F5  U+2321      ⌡   bottom half integral
246 F6  U+00F7      ÷   division sign
247 F7  U+2248      ≈   almost equal to
248 F8  U+00B0      °   degree sign
249 F9  U+2219      ∙   bullet operator
250 FA  U+00B7      ·   middle dot
251 FB  U+221A      √   square root
252 FC  U+207F      ⁿ   superscript latin small letter n
253 FD  U+00B2      ²   superscript two
254 FE  U+25A0      ■   black square
255 FF  U+00A0      no-break space

Infrared

This is only valid for one code page, specifically CP437. That means these are the equivalences in a console on US-English windows, but won't work in UTF-8 xterm on Linux or CP850 console in Western Europe, etc. You have to know the encoding that your terminal is using. – Parrott

Is there a reason you use char[] for EXTENDED rather than int[]? – Twentyfour

@JamesSmith: Because char is 2 bytes whereas an int is 4 bytes. This translates to a smaller memory footprint. ref – Infrared

Ty for your good answer. I changed my final code where I adapted your code the line: return EXTENDED[code - 0x7F]; to return EXTENDED[code - 0x80]; .- I am not sure it is an error here, or on my side with my input. – Gearard

The results for me are one out. Input 128 -> output ü – Navigator

Answer 2

"Extended ASCII" is nebulous. There are many extensions to ASCII that define glyphs for the byte values between 127 and 255. These are referred to as code pages. Some of the more common ones include:

• CP437, the standard on original IBM PCs
• ISO 8859-1 also known as Code page 1252, the encoding used for most Western European-language versions of Windows for everything but the console

You really need to know what character encoding your terminal is expecting, otherwise you'll end up printing garbage. In Java, you should be able to check the value of Charset.defaultCharset() (Charset documentation).

There are many more ways to encode characters than just single-byte "extended ASCII" code pages. Unicode requires far more code points than 255, so there are various fixed-width and variable-width encodings that are used frequently. This page seems to be a good guide to character encoding in Java.

Parrott

Answer 3

String iChar = new Character((char)i).toString(); 
String jChar = new Character((char)j).toString(); 

System.out.println(iChar);
System.out.println(jChar);

Thacher

You could probably easily do: String.format("%c", i) – Infrared

i tried your sample, but for me the output is still ? ? on eclipse console, Am I missing something? – Arching

@Arching You sure? 153 is some special character, 63 is "?", check this, try to print 97 and 98, which should be "a" and "b" – Thacher

@ZhenxiaoHao Yes, Do I need some settings change on Eclipse, to see the special character printed using sysout on Eclipse console? – Arching

@Arching No, there nothing to do with the console, can you post your current code? I tried it, it works fine. – Thacher

Java is interpreting the integer values as the Unicode their equivalent. You must map the Unicode values to the Extended ASCII values. See my response below. – Infrared

I also tried in ecclipse and it is not coming... The problem is java supports ascii code 0-127. Beyond that it may show or not show in console.. Nothing to do with ecclipse setting.. – Sneed

Answer 4

If this is a terminal encoding issue, I believe that this answer https://mcmap.net/q/86231/-setting-the-default-java-character-encoding

is a fast and straightforward way to bypass the problem. Just add -Dfile.encoding=some_encoding to the parameters of the java command,

e.g. java -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 … MainClass

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