Char.IsLowSurrogate Method (Char)
Indicates whether the specified Char object is a low surrogate.
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Parameters
- c
- Type: System.Char
A character.
Return Value
Type: System.Booleantrue if the numeric value of the c parameter ranges from U+DC00 through U+DFFF; otherwise, false.
In addition to representing single characters using a 16-bit code unit, UTF-16 encoding allows abstract characters to be represented using two 16-bit code units, which is known as a surrogate pair. The second element in this pair is the low surrogate. Its code unit can range from U+DC00 to U+DFFF. An individual surrogate has no interpretation of its own; it is meaningful only when used as part of a surrogate pair.
The following code example demonstrates the IsHighSurrogate, IsLowSurrogate, and IsSurrogatePair methods.
// This example demonstrates the Char.IsLowSurrogate() method // IsHighSurrogate() method // IsSurrogatePair() method using System; class Sample { public static void Main() { char cHigh = '\uD800'; char cLow = '\uDC00'; string s1 = new String(new char[] {'a', '\uD800', '\uDC00', 'z'}); string divider = String.Concat( Environment.NewLine, new String('-', 70), Environment.NewLine); Console.WriteLine(); Console.WriteLine("Hexadecimal code point of the character, cHigh: {0:X4}", (int)cHigh); Console.WriteLine("Hexadecimal code point of the character, cLow: {0:X4}", (int)cLow); Console.WriteLine(); Console.WriteLine("Characters in string, s1: 'a', high surrogate, low surrogate, 'z'"); Console.WriteLine("Hexadecimal code points of the characters in string, s1: "); for(int i = 0; i < s1.Length; i++) { Console.WriteLine("s1[{0}] = {1:X4} ", i, (int)s1[i]); } Console.WriteLine(divider); Console.WriteLine("Is each of the following characters a high surrogate?"); Console.WriteLine("A1) cLow? - {0}", Char.IsHighSurrogate(cLow)); Console.WriteLine("A2) cHigh? - {0}", Char.IsHighSurrogate(cHigh)); Console.WriteLine("A3) s1[0]? - {0}", Char.IsHighSurrogate(s1, 0)); Console.WriteLine("A4) s1[1]? - {0}", Char.IsHighSurrogate(s1, 1)); Console.WriteLine(divider); Console.WriteLine("Is each of the following characters a low surrogate?"); Console.WriteLine("B1) cLow? - {0}", Char.IsLowSurrogate(cLow)); Console.WriteLine("B2) cHigh? - {0}", Char.IsLowSurrogate(cHigh)); Console.WriteLine("B3) s1[0]? - {0}", Char.IsLowSurrogate(s1, 0)); Console.WriteLine("B4) s1[2]? - {0}", Char.IsLowSurrogate(s1, 2)); Console.WriteLine(divider); Console.WriteLine("Is each of the following pairs of characters a surrogate pair?"); Console.WriteLine("C1) cHigh and cLow? - {0}", Char.IsSurrogatePair(cHigh, cLow)); Console.WriteLine("C2) s1[0] and s1[1]? - {0}", Char.IsSurrogatePair(s1, 0)); Console.WriteLine("C3) s1[1] and s1[2]? - {0}", Char.IsSurrogatePair(s1, 1)); Console.WriteLine("C4) s1[2] and s1[3]? - {0}", Char.IsSurrogatePair(s1, 2)); Console.WriteLine(divider); } } /* This example produces the following results: Hexadecimal code point of the character, cHigh: D800 Hexadecimal code point of the character, cLow: DC00 Characters in string, s1: 'a', high surrogate, low surrogate, 'z' Hexadecimal code points of the characters in string, s1: s1[0] = 0061 s1[1] = D800 s1[2] = DC00 s1[3] = 007A ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Is each of the following characters a high surrogate? A1) cLow? - False A2) cHigh? - True A3) s1[0]? - False A4) s1[1]? - True ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Is each of the following characters a low surrogate? B1) cLow? - True B2) cHigh? - False B3) s1[0]? - False B4) s1[2]? - True ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Is each of the following pairs of characters a surrogate pair? C1) cHigh and cLow? - True C2) s1[0] and s1[1]? - False C3) s1[1] and s1[2]? - True C4) s1[2] and s1[3]? - False ---------------------------------------------------------------------- */
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