Fix: error: unclosed character literal in Java

Code Example:

public class JavaExamples {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        char myChar = 'a;
    }
}

Compilation Error:

javac JavaExamples.java
JavaExamples.java:6: error: unclosed character literal
        char myChar = 'a;
                      ^
1 error

You will get the unclosed character literal if you do not enclose a character value within single quotes, or if you have more than one character enclosed within a character literal.

Example:

char myChar = 'ab';

 % javac JavaExamples.java
JavaExamples.java:6: error: unclosed character literal
        char myChar = 'ab';
                      ^
JavaExamples.java:6: error: unclosed character literal
        char myChar = 'ab';
                         ^
JavaExamples.java:6: error: not a statement
        char myChar = 'ab';
                        ^
3 errors

Based on what has caused this error, below are some fixes possible.

Make sure the character literal is enclosed within single quotes: e.g. 'a'
If literal contains more than one character than it should be considered as a String and not a char datatype.

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