Java's `'\0'` is a compile error in Kotlin. Is `'\...

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Java's '\0' is a compile error in Kotlin. Is '\u0000' the equivalent?

[Michael Krussel]

Seems like it should be. https://stackoverflow.com/a/36269616

[Klitos Kyriacou]

'\u0000' is the direct equivalent to Java's '\0'. It's actually not equivalent to Java's '\u0000' because in Java it's taken as part of the source code itself, whereas in Kotlin it's a literal.