## com.lowagie.text
Class SpecialSymbol

    java.lang.Object
      com.lowagie.text.SpecialSymbol

    public class SpecialSymbol

extends java.lang.Object

This class contains the symbols that correspond with special symbols.

When you construct a `Phrase` with Phrase.getInstance using a `String`, this `String` can contain special Symbols. These are characters with an int value between 913 and 937 (except 930) and between 945 and 969. With this class the value of the corresponding character of the Font Symbol, can be retrieved.

Author:
  Bruno Lowagie, Evelyne De Cordier
See Also:
  `Phrase`

Constructor Summary
`SpecialSymbol()`

Method Summary
`static Chunk` `get(char c, Font font)` Gets a chunk with a symbol character.
`static char` `getCorrespondingSymbol(char c)` Looks for the corresponding symbol in the font Symbol.
`static int` `index(java.lang.String string)` Returns the first occurrence of a special symbol in a `String`.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
`clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait`

Constructor Detail

### SpecialSymbol

    public SpecialSymbol()

Method Detail

### index

    public static int index(java.lang.String string)

  Returns the first occurrence of a special symbol in a `String`.

  Parameters:
    `string` - a `String`
  Returns:
    an index of -1 if no special symbol was found

### get

    public static Chunk get(char c,
                            Font font)

  Gets a chunk with a symbol character.

  Parameters:
    `c` - a character that has to be changed into a symbol
    `font` - Font if there is no SYMBOL character corresponding with c
  Returns:
    a SYMBOL version of a character

### getCorrespondingSymbol

    public static char getCorrespondingSymbol(char c)

  Looks for the corresponding symbol in the font Symbol.

  Parameters:
    `c` - the original ASCII-char
  Returns:
    the corresponding symbol in font Symbol

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