character literal in octal format

class EscapeSequence1 {

public static void main(String args[]) {

char ch='\141'; //this works correctly

char ch2='\777'; //this line give compile time error listed below

System.out.println("ch is:"+ch);

System.out.println("ch2 is:"+ch2); }

}

output is:::..

javac EscapeSequence1.java

javac EscapeSequence1.java

Process started >>>

EscapeSequence1.java:6: error: unclosed character literal char ch2='\777'; //this line give compile time error listed below ^

EscapeSequence1.java:6: error: unclosed character literal char ch2='\777'; //this line give compile time error listed below ^

EscapeSequence1.java:6: error: not a statement char ch2='\777'; //this line give compile time error listed below ^

3 errors

<<< Process finished