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How to use UTF-8 character in Netbeans

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I am using Netbeans6.9.1 IDE and wants to show the Chinese characters in the output
console using java. I copied the Chinese charater from a web page and copied between the
10 "". but its not supported.

String char1="世界你好";
System.out.println(char1);

Do I need to do some setting in IDE or use some settings in my Java code?

java netbeans utf-8

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Did you ever find a solution for this? – theyuv Mar 9, 2016 at 12:56

Related : Netbeans console does not display Bangla unicode characters – Quazi Irfan Mar 9, 2016 at
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Edit the file netbeans.conf from the etc directory located at the installation directory of
NetBeans. In the netbeans_default_options option, add -J-Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 .
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Works for both console input and output in NetBeans.

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1 I found that it is necessary for me to add -J-Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 in the netbeans.conf file and also
make sure that my java program is being executed with the jre parameter -Dfile.encoding=UFT-8. I
am using Maven to run my project. (Edit this under Properties/Run/VM Options.) This second step
might only be necessary if you are using Maven. – Enwired Jan 6, 2016 at 22:57

@Enwired I confirm the step you described solves some charset issues - NetBeans 12 – JRr Aug 13,
2021 at 17:43

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Jan 2023 - Update for newer versions of Java (17, 18, 19)
The approach in this answer, and its related comments recommends using the following:
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• NetBeans config: -J-Dfile.encoding=UTF-8

• Java VM option: -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8

This has worked perfectly well for me in the past when using the NetBeans output
window, with older versions of Java (e.g. Java 11 and 13) on older versions of NetBeans.

However, it no longer works for me, for Java 17 and later.

Instead you can follow these guidelines - with some caveats.

The caveats:

• I am using Windows (10 and 11) where the operating system default code page is
Windows-1252. If you are using a different OS, your experience may be different.

• I am using NetBeans 16 (currently the most recent release).

• My tests were all with Eclipse Adoptium releases of Java (17, 18 and 19).

• I am specifically targeting the NetBeans output window (not a command line or

terminal).

• My NetBeans output window is using the Monospaced 12 font (see NetBeans Options
> Miscellaneous > Output). There's no point in using a font which may not support
the Unicode characters you want to print - so don't forget to check that setting.

For Java 17
Double-check that Java 17 is actually being used in Project properties > Build > Compile >
Java platform.

You need both of these:

• netbeans.conf (see below): -J-Dsun.stdout.encoding=UTF-8

• Project properties > Run > VM Options: -Dsun.stdout.encoding=UTF-8

And, optionally, if you are using Maven, you should set these Maven options:

<maven.compiler.source>17</maven.compiler.source>
<maven.compiler.target>17</maven.compiler.target>

This is similar to the answer I linked to above, except that instead of using:

file.encoding=UTF-8

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you are now using:

sun.stdout.encoding=UTF-8

For Java 18
This is the same as Java 17, but with the Java platform (and, if relevant, Maven settings)
changed accordingly, of course.

For Java 19
Instead of using this:

sun.stdout.encoding=UTF-8

Use this:

stdout.encoding=UTF-8

So, specifically, that means:

• netbeans.conf (see below): -J-Dstdout.encoding=UTF-8

• Project properties > Run > VM Options: -Dstdout.encoding=UTF-8

(And change your Maven settings if relevant.)

I think sun.stdout.encoding=UTF-8 still works but I expect stdout.encoding=UTF-8 is more appropriate,

since sun settings should generally be avoided (internal use only). I don't know if they work the same way, under
the covers. According to the UTF-8 by Default JEP, sun.stdout.encoding is "unspecified and unsupported".

I could not find any official documentation for the newer stdout.encoding , except for a reference to it in this
OpenJDK ticket. So, maybe an upcoming version of the Java Internationalization Guide will discuss it (but it's not
mentioned in the current version of that guide).

Update - I found a reference to stdout.encoding in the Java 19 JavaDoc for System.getProperties() .

Update for Java 20 onwards

The official Java internationalization guide from v20 onwards has been updated to cover
stdout.encoding and stderr.encoding :

Note: The standard output stream System.out and the standard error output
stream System.err don't use the default charset; they use the charset specified by
Console.charset()

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Console.charset() .

Specify the encoding for System.out and System.err with the system properties
stdout.encoding and stderr.encoding , respectively. The default values of these
system properties depend on the platform. The default values take on the value of
the native.encoding property when the platform does not provide streams for the
console.

So, that's the same approach as for Java 19 - except now it's been officially documented in
the Java 20 internationalization guide (and subsequent versions of the guide).

Don't Forget About STDERR

For Java 19, you can also add the following to your Project properties > Run > VM
Options:

-Dstdout.encoding=UTF-8 -Dstderr.encoding=UTF-8

I don't know why, but you don't appear to need to add -J-Dstderr.encoding=UTF-8 to the
netbeans.conf file, as long as you do have -J-Dstdout.encoding=UTF-8 .

Where is netbeans.conf?

You can find it in a subdirectory where NetBeans is installed. On Windows, this is typically:

C:\Program Files\NetBeans-16\netbeans\etc\netbeans.conf

Make sure you add the -J-D... option inside the closing double-quotes at the end of the
(lengthy) netbeans_default_options="..." string. Also be sure to include a space to separate
this new option from the previous option in the string.

Always restart NetBeans after making a change to netbeans.conf.

The Windows Command Line

Already covered elsewhere, no doubt - but if you want to see UTF-8 output correctly in a
Windows CMD shell, then you can use the Windows chcp command:

chcp 65001

The default value (for me) is 437 - for Windows-1252 (also known as IBM437, and various
other aliases).

You can see a list of identifiers here.

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Further Details

You can see more detailed discussions in various NetBeans tickets, including (but not
limited to):

• Can't print multi-byte character in the Output window with Java 18

• Netbeans Output window uses wrong encoding

• Output encoding in Windows uses cp-1252 by default instead of utf-8

This topic never grows old, it seems.

netbeans 17 don't seem to have vm option – robert trudel Mar 17, 2023 at 23:22
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@roberttrudel - NetBeans 17 does have Run > VM Options if you are usingandrewJames
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If you are using a Web Application, then no it does not - because in that case 11 options
the VM 27 63have
to be added to whatever container you are using (Tomcat, Firefly, and so on...). Maybe that is why
you are not seeing a VM option? Otherwise, this might make a good new question you could ask.
– andrewJames Mar 17, 2023 at 23:34

sir I had added this on my netbeans properties in VM option and in my conf etc directory but the
problem not solved to enable encoding utf-8 to output numbers int [] instead of showing nums its
output show symbols [I@433c675d – Ahmed Abubaker Jul 17 at 20:30

1 @AhmedAbubaker - "problem not solved to enable encoding utf-8" - You have a different problem -
nothing to do with UTF-8. You are trying to print an array - and what you get is explained in this
answer. Try using Arrays.toString(yourArrayHere) instead - and print the resulting string.
– andrewJames Jul 17 at 21:09

1 @ andrewJames oh! sir I'm had wrong description to this problem and I mixed the concepts you are
right sir thanks this useful to me and solve it – Ahmed Abubaker Jul 17 at 23:44

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Can you try this instead:

1 String char1="\u4e16\u754c\u4f60\u597d";
System.out.println(char1);

The escape sequences get resolved by the javac compiler to the corresponding unicode
codepoints, this way you are independent of the actual source code encoding. Any
remaining display problems should then be caused by the console or an incomplete font.

PS: In my Netbeans installation (7.0 M2 on Ubuntu Linux) both strings mostly work except
for the third character, which gets displayed as a box.

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You can check this resource for help on setting character encoding

FaqI18nProjectEncoding
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You have to see the character encoding used by your console. Mine works fine though.
Another thing to check is the character encoding used by the class file u r implementing.
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Project Properties | Sources | Encoding

Set it to UTF8

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This didn't work for me. I've been unable to get these characters to display within code in Netbeans.
✰☆★ ☞☛ ❸➂❤♡ � ✉� My project is set as UTF8. Even "Courier New"
didn't work for me, even though it does in Notepad++ with these same characters. I still haven't
been able to figure this out. – Ryan May 27, 2016 at 20:36

I've finally formally asked this as a question here: stackoverflow.com/questions/37644558/… – Ryan

Jun 5, 2016 at 17:07

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