UCharacter.GetCharFromName(String) Method

Definition

<strong>[icu]</strong>

[Android.Runtime.Register("getCharFromName", "(Ljava/lang/String;)I", "", ApiSince=24)]
public static int GetCharFromName (string? name);
[<Android.Runtime.Register("getCharFromName", "(Ljava/lang/String;)I", "", ApiSince=24)>]
static member GetCharFromName : string -> int

Parameters

name
String

most current Unicode character name whose code point is to be returned

Returns

code point or -1 if name is not found

Attributes

Remarks

<strong>[icu]</strong>

Finds a Unicode code point by its most current Unicode name and return its code point value. All Unicode names are in uppercase. Note calling any methods related to code point names, e.g. getName() incurs a one-time initialization cost to construct the name tables.

Java documentation for android.icu.lang.UCharacter.getCharFromName(java.lang.String).

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Applies to