Question

Why character datatype stores 2 bytes in memory in Java? Explain your answer.

Answer 1

Answer:

16 bit

Explanation:

The ‘char’ data type in Java originally used for representing 16-bit Unicode. Therefore the size of the char data type in Java is 2 byte, and same for the C language is 1 byte. Hence Java uses Unicode standard.

Answer 2

Answer:

Java was designed for using Unicode Transformed Format (UTF)-16, when the UTF-16 was designed. The 'char' data type in Java originally used for representing 16-bit Unicode. Therefore the size of the char data type in Java is 2 byte, and same for the C language is 1 byte. Hence Java uses Unicode standard.

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