Characters rIn Java single characters are represented using the data type char. Character constants are written as symbols enclosed in single quotes, for example, a, X and 5 rTo represent characters in computer, U. s computer manufacturers devised several coding schemes r One coding scheme widely used today is ASCII American Standard code for information Interchange) rTo accommodate the character symbols of non- English languages, the Unicode Consortium established the Unicode Worldwide character Standard, commonly known as Unicode C 2000 McGraw-Hill troduction to Object-Oriented Programming with Java--Wu Chapter 8-3© 2000 McGraw-Hill Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming with Java--Wu Chapter 8 - 3 Characters In Java single characters are represented using the data type char. Character constants are written as symbols enclosed in single quotes, for example, 'a', 'X', and '5'. To represent characters in computer, U. S. computer manufacturers devised several coding schemes. One coding scheme widely used today is ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange). To accommodate the character symbols of non￾English languages, the Unicode Consortium established the Unicode Worldwide Character Standard, commonly known as Unicode