* Returns the {@code char} value that is equal to {@code value}, if possible.
   *
   * @param value any value in the range of the {@code char} type
   * @return the {@code char} value that equals {@code value}
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code value} is greater than {@link Character#MAX_VALUE}
   *     or less than {@link Character#MIN_VALUE}
   */
  public static char checkedCast(long value) {
    char result = (char) value;

   * Returns the {@code char} value that is equal to {@code value}, if possible.
   *
   * @param value any value in the range of the {@code char} type
   * @return the {@code char} value that equals {@code value}
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code value} is greater than {@link Character#MAX_VALUE}
   *     or less than {@link Character#MIN_VALUE}
   */
  public static char checkedCast(long value) {
    char result = (char) value;

          private final char[] unknown = new char[] {'?'};

          @Override
          protected char[] escapeUnsafe(int c) {
            return unknown;
          }
        };
    EscaperAsserts.assertBasic(replacingEscaper);

    // Replacements are applied first regardless of whether the character is in
    // the safe range or not ('&' is a safe char while '\t' and '\n' are not).

    String allMatchingChars = allMatchingChars(bitSet);
    char[] result = new char[STRING_LENGTH];
    // Fill with matching chars.
    for (int i = 0; i < result.length; i++) {
      result[i] = allMatchingChars.charAt(random.nextInt(allMatchingChars.length()));
    }
    // Replace some of chars by non-matching.
    int remaining = (int) ((100 - percentMatching) * result.length / 100.0 + 0.5);
    while (remaining > 0) {

        .isEqualTo(1);
    assertThat(
            Chars.indexOf(
                new char[] {(char) 2, (char) 3, (char) 2, (char) 3, (char) 4, (char) 2, (char) 3},
                new char[] {(char) 2, (char) 3, (char) 4}))
        .isEqualTo(2);
    assertThat(
            Chars.indexOf(
                new char[] {(char) 2, (char) 2, (char) 3, (char) 4, (char) 2, (char) 3, (char) 4},

      }
    }
  }

  private static String mikeRepeat(String string, int count) {
    int len = string.length();
    char[] strCopy = new char[len * Integer.highestOneBit(count)];
    string.getChars(0, len, strCopy, 0);

    char[] array = new char[len * count];

    int strCopyLen = len;
    int pos = 0;
    while (count != 0) {
      if ((count & 1) != 0) {

      HashFunction hashFunction, Random random) {
    int size = random.nextInt(8) + 1;
    char[] chars = new char[size];
    for (int i = 0; i < chars.length; i++) {
      chars[i] = random.nextBoolean() ? randomLowSurrogate(random) : randomHighSurrogate(random);
    }
    String string = new String(chars);
    assertEquals(
        hashFunction.hashUnencodedChars(string),

    if (chars instanceof String) {
      return toLowerCase((String) chars);
    }
    char[] newChars = new char[chars.length()];
    for (int i = 0; i < newChars.length; i++) {
      newChars[i] = toLowerCase(chars.charAt(i));
    }
    return String.valueOf(newChars);
  }

  /**
   * If the argument is an {@linkplain #isUpperCase(char) uppercase ASCII character}, returns the

      chars.add(randomAlpha());
    }
    for (int i = 0; i < nonAlpha; i++) {
      chars.add(randomNonAlpha());
    }
    Collections.shuffle(chars, random);
    char[] array = Chars.toArray(chars);
    this.testString = new String(array);
  }

  private char randomAlpha() {
    return ALPHA.charAt(random.nextInt(ALPHA.length()));
  }

  private char randomNonAlpha() {

      // Start with "%--" and fill in the blanks
      char[] dest = new char[3];
      dest[0] = '%';
      dest[2] = upperHexDigits[cp & 0xF];
      dest[1] = upperHexDigits[cp >>> 4];
      return dest;
    } else if (cp <= 0x7ff) {
      // Two byte UTF-8 characters [cp >= 0x80 && cp <= 0x7ff]
      // Start with "%--%--" and fill in the blanks
      char[] dest = new char[6];
      dest[0] = '%';
      dest[3] = '%';