UCharacterCategory

Kotlin |Java

class UCharacterCategory : UCharacterEnums.ECharacterCategory

kotlin.Any
↳	android.icu.lang.UCharacterCategory

Enumerated Unicode category types from the UnicodeData.txt file. Used as return results from UCharacter Equivalent to icu's UCharCategory. Refer to Unicode Consortium for more information about UnicodeData.txt.

NOTE: the UCharacterCategory values are not compatible with those returned by java.lang.Character.getType. UCharacterCategory values match the ones used in ICU4C, while java.lang.Character type values, though similar, skip the value 17.

This class is not subclassable

Summary

Inherited constants

From class ECharacterCategory

`Byte`	`COMBINING_SPACING_MARK` Character type Mc
`Byte`	`CONNECTOR_PUNCTUATION` Character type Pc
`Byte`	`CONTROL` Character type Cc
`Byte`	`CURRENCY_SYMBOL` Character type Sc
`Byte`	`DASH_PUNCTUATION` Character type Pd
`Byte`	`DECIMAL_DIGIT_NUMBER` Character type Nd
`Byte`	`ENCLOSING_MARK` Character type Me
`Byte`	`END_PUNCTUATION` Character type Pe
`Byte`	`FINAL_PUNCTUATION` Character type Pf
`Byte`	`FINAL_QUOTE_PUNCTUATION` Character type Pf This name is compatible with java.lang.Character's name for this type.
`Byte`	`FORMAT` Character type Cf
`Byte`	`GENERAL_OTHER_TYPES` Character type Cn Not Assigned (no characters in [UnicodeData.txt] have this property)
`Byte`	`INITIAL_PUNCTUATION` Character type Pi
`Byte`	`INITIAL_QUOTE_PUNCTUATION` Character type Pi This name is compatible with java.lang.Character's name for this type.
`Byte`	`LETTER_NUMBER` Character type Nl
`Byte`	`LINE_SEPARATOR` Character type Zl
`Byte`	`LOWERCASE_LETTER` Character type Ll
`Byte`	`MATH_SYMBOL` Character type Sm
`Byte`	`MODIFIER_LETTER` Character type Lm
`Byte`	`MODIFIER_SYMBOL` Character type Sk
`Byte`	`NON_SPACING_MARK` Character type Mn
`Byte`	`OTHER_LETTER` Character type Lo
`Byte`	`OTHER_NUMBER` Character type No
`Byte`	`OTHER_PUNCTUATION` Character type Po
`Byte`	`OTHER_SYMBOL` Character type So
`Byte`	`PARAGRAPH_SEPARATOR` Character type Zp
`Byte`	`PRIVATE_USE` Character type Co
`Byte`	`SPACE_SEPARATOR` Character type Zs
`Byte`	`START_PUNCTUATION` Character type Ps
`Byte`	`SURROGATE` Character type Cs
`Byte`	`TITLECASE_LETTER` Character type Lt
`Byte`	`UNASSIGNED` Unassigned character type
`Byte`	`UPPERCASE_LETTER` Character type Lu

Public methods
static String!	`toString(category: Int)` Gets the name of the argument category

Public methods

toString

Added in API level 24

static fun toString(category: Int): String!

Gets the name of the argument category

Parameters
`category`	Int: to retrieve name

Return
`String!`	category name