Value.toChar

Converts an object to a character.

Syntax

public static char toChar( Object value )

Parameters

value

The value to convert.

Return Value

Returns a character that represents the object.

Exceptions

ClassCastException thrown if the argument cannot be converted.

Remarks

The following table lists the supported argument types and the resulting conversion.

Type	Conversion
null	Returns 0.
Character	Returns the character stored in the object. Produced by calling Character.charValue.
Number	Returns the character value of the object. Produced by calling Number.shortValue and coercing the result to char.
String	Returns the first character of the string, or returns zero if the length of the string is zero.
Variant	Returns the character value of the variant. Produced by calling Variant.toShort and coercing the result to char.

See Also toObject