Question

Using Java:
I am reading a directory containing files with Greek Names. But when i output a String containing a file name i get this ‘???????.something’.

Is it because i am running the java app. through the console?

Is there a way to get non-latin file names read correctly?

Thanks,

Answer 1

It could well be reading in the file names correctly; the most likely explanation is that your console can’t render non-Latin characters.

For example, the following program is supposed to print out the first three letters of the Greek alphabet:

public class AlphaBetaGamma
{
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        String abc = "\u03b1\u03b2\u03b3";
        System.out.println(abc);
    }
}

It prints out “???” on my Console, because it’s not capable of rendering the Greek characters.