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Character.isJavaIdentifierStart(int codePoint) is an inbuilt method in java that determines if the character (Unicode code point) is permissible as the first character in a Java identifier. It is to be noted that a character may start a Java identifier if and only if one of the following conditions is true:
- isLetter(ch) returns true
- getType(ch) returns LETTER_NUMBER
- ch is a currency symbol (such as ‘$’)
- ch is a connecting punctuation character (such as ‘_’).
Syntax:
public static boolean isJavaIdentifierStart(int codePoint)
Parameters: The parameter
codePoint is of the integer type and refers to the character (Unicode code point) that is to be tested.
Return value: The isJavaIdentifierStart(int codePoint) method of Character class returns true if the character may start a Java identifier; false otherwise.
Below programs illustrate the Character.isJavaIdentifierStart() method:
Program 1:
Output:
c1 may start a Java identifier is false
c2 may start a Java identifier is true
c3 may start a Java identifier is false
Program 2:
