How can I assign the Euro or the Pound symbol to a variable?

Question

I need to assign the Euro or the Pound symbol to a variable. How can i do this?

String euro = "";// What i have to write here??
System.out.println(euro);// I need to print euro symbol

Answer 1

public class ExampleEuroPound {

    public static void main(String args[]){

        String euro = "\u20ac";
        String pound = "\u00a3";

        System.out.println("pound = " + pound);
        System.out.println("euro = " + euro);
    }
}

Answer 2

If you can't type it then you could use the unicode value for euro:

String euro = "\u20AC";
System.out.println(euro);

If you're doing this however, best practice is to comment it and / or save it as a constant field for clarity (unexplained unicode literals in code are just plain confusing!):

public static final String POUND = "\u00A3";
public static final String EURO = "\u20AC";