Character Literal Summary Creates a character value. Syntax `character` Parameters character Any valid 16-bit Unicode character. Description Character literals create a character value. The character value can be any single 16-bit Unicode character value ranging from U+0000 to U+FFFF. Character literals can be used as a shorthand for instantiating System.Character. Thus, the following statements are equivalent: 12char a = `a`;System.Character a = new System.Character(`a`); Examples Creating characters with character literals 123char a = `a`;char b = `b`;char c = `c`; See Also System.Character char Type Auto-boxing Share HTML | BBCode | Direct Link