Comparing chars in Java

If your input is a character and the characters you are checking against are mostly consecutive you could try this:

if ((symbol >= 'A' && symbol <= 'Z') || symbol == '?') {
    // ...
}

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However if your input is a string a more compact approach (but slower) is to use a regular expression with a character class:

if (symbol.matches("[A-Z?]")) {
    // ...
}

If you have a character you’ll first need to convert it to a string before you can use a regular expression:

if (Character.toString(symbol).matches("[A-Z?]")) {
    // ...
}