A lexical character constant evaluates to a value of type character (or
char). Characters are enclosed with single quotes. The internal coding
of characters is Unicode. Character expressions may contain escape
sequences that denote special characters.
Character Expressions
Expression Value Value Type
---------- ------ ----------
'a' 'a' Character
'\n' '\n' Character
'a' + 'b' "ab" String
Escape Sequences
Escape Description
\b Backspace
\t Horizontal tab
\n Newline
\f Form feed
\r Carriage return
\" Double quote
\' Single quote
\\ Backslash
\xxx Character of octal value xxx
\uxxxx Character of hexadecimal value xxxx
Methods inherited from: Concept
| cloneConcept, extendsConcept, fromXML, getAllInheritedConcepts, getConceptAttribute, getConceptAttributeField, getConceptAttributeFields, getConceptAttributes, getConceptConstructors, getConceptElement, getConceptElementField, getConceptElementFields, getConceptElements, getConceptLabel, getConceptMethod, getConceptMethods, getConceptOperators, getConceptType, getErrorHandler, getInheritedConcepts, getResourceURI, hasConceptAttribute, hasConceptElement, hasConceptMethod, hasPath, isHidden, loadContent, setConceptLabel, setErrorHandler, setHidden, setShowEmpty, showEmpty, toTXT, toXML, setResourceURI |
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| Parameters: |
| $char : | Adds the parameter to this concept. |
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Returns a string which contains this concept and the character given as
parameter.
| Parameters: |
| $char : | To this will be compared this concept. |
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Returns true if this concept value is smaller then the parameters value,
false otherwise.
| Parameters: |
| $char : | To this will be compared this concept. |
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Returns true if this concept equals with parameter or false otherwise.
| Parameters: |
| $char : | To this will be compared this concept. |
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Returns true if this concept value is greater then the parameters value,
false otherwise.
Returns the desired EOL character.
This character defaults to the platform specific character,
(Windows: \r\n, Unix flawors: \n, MacOS: \r)
but it can be changed in the mn8config.xml file.
print Character.getEOLChar
-- the result is --
Returns this concepts type.
$c = 'a'
print $c.getType
-- the result is --
LOWERCASE_LETTER
Returns an integer with this concept unicode value.
$c = 'a'
print $c.getUnicodeNumericValue
-- the result is --
10
Determines whether this concept is control or is not. Returns true if
this concept is control, false otherwise.
$c = '\n'
print $c.isControl
-- the result is --
true
Determines whether this concept is a digit or is not. Returns true if
this concept is a digit, false otherwise.
$c = '3'
print $c.isDigit
-- the result is --
true
Determines whether this concept is a letter or is not. Returns true if
this concept is a letter, false otherwise.
$c = 'a'
print $c.isLetter
-- the result is --
true
Determines whether this concept is a letter or digit or is not. Returns
true if this concept is a letter or digit, false otherwise.
$c = 'a'
print $c.isLetterOrDigit
-- the result is --
true
Determines whether this concept is lowercase or is not. Returns true if
this concept is lowercase, false otherwise.
$c = 'a'
print $c.isLowerCase
-- the result is --
true
Determines whether this concept is uppercase or is not. Returns true if
this concept is uppercase, false otherwise.
$c = 'A'
print $c.isUpperCase
-- the result is --
true
Determines whether this concept is whitespace or is not. Returns true if
this concept is whitespace, false otherwise.
$c = '\n'
print $c.isWhitespace
-- the result is --
true
Returns an integer concept with this concept value.
$c = 'a'
print $c.toIntegerConcept
-- the result is --
97
Returns a character concept with this concept lowercase equivalent.
$c = 'A'
print $c.toLowerCase
-- the result is --
a
Returns a string concept representing this concept's value.
$c = 'a'
print $c.toStringConcept
-- the result is --
a
Returns a character concept with this concept uppercase equivalent.
$c = 'a'
print $c.toUpperCase
-- the result is --
A
