Java Character valueOf() Method

Java valueOf() method is a part of Character class. This method returns the Character object representing the specified character value.

It must be noted that if a new Character instance is not required, this method should generally be used in preference to the constructor Character(char), as this method is likely to yield significantly better space and time performance by caching frequently requested values.

Syntax:

public static Character valueOf(char c)

Parameters:

The parameter passed is the character value whose Character instance is to be returned.

Returns:

Returns the Character instance of the parameter passed.

Example 1:

Here, the Character instances of the char value passed are returned.

public class StudyTonight 
{  
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {  
      System.out.println("Equivalent Character object Value = " + Character.valueOf('G'));//returns a Character object representing the character specified 
      System.out.println("Equivalent Character object Value = " + Character.valueOf('m'));//returns a Character object representing the character specified   
    }  
}

Equivalent Character object Value = G
Equivalent Character object Value = m

Example 2:

Here is a user-defined example where anyone using this code can put a value of his choice and get the equivalent output.

import java.util.Scanner;
public class StudyTonight 
{  
	public static void main(String[] args)
	{    
		try
		{
			System.out.println("Enter the value");
			Scanner sc=new Scanner(System.in);
			char ch = sc.next().charAt(0);
			System.out.println("Equivalent Character object Value = " + Character.valueOf(ch));//returns a Character object representing the character specified 
		}
		catch(Exception e)
		{
			System.out.println("Invalid input!!");
		}
	}  
} 

Enter the value
J
Equivalent Character object Value = J
************************************************
Enter the value
i
Equivalent Character object Value = i

Live Example:

Here, you can test the live code example. You can execute the example for different values, even can edit and write your examples to test the Java code.