std::numeric_limits<T>::is_signed

 

C++

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Language support library

Concepts library (C++20)

Diagnostics library

Utilities library

Strings library

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Ranges library (C++20)

Algorithms library

Numerics library

Input/output library

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Regular expressions library (C++11)

Atomic operations library (C++11)

Thread support library (C++11)

Filesystem library (C++17)

Technical Specifications

 

Utilities library

Type support (basic types, RTTI, type traits)
Dynamic memory management
Error handling
Program utilities
Variadic functions
Library feature-test macros
Date and time
Function objects
initializer_list (C++11)
bitset
hash (C++11)
integer_sequence (C++14)
Relational operators (deprecated in C++20)
rel_ops::operator!=rel_ops::operator>rel_ops::operator<=rel_ops::operator>=
Comparisons (C++20)
strong_order weak_order partial_order strong_equal weak_equal	strong_ordering weak_ordering partial_ordering strong_equality weak_equality	is_eqis_neqis_ltis_lteqis_gtis_gteq
common_comparison_category
Common vocabulary types
pair tuple (C++11) apply (C++17) make_from_tuple (C++17)	optional (C++17) any (C++17) variant (C++17)
Swap, forward and move
swap
exchange (C++14)
forward (C++11)
move (C++11)
move_if_noexcept (C++11)
Elementary string conversions
to_chars (C++17)
from_chars (C++17)
chars_format (C++17)
Type operations
declval (C++11)
as_const (C++17)
launder (C++17)

 

Type support

Basic types
Fundamental types
Fixed width integer types (C++11)
ptrdiff_t size_t max_align_t (C++11) byte (C++17)	nullptr_t (C++11) offsetof NULL
Numeric limits
numeric_limits
C numeric limits interface
Runtime type information
type_info type_index (C++11)	bad_typeid bad_cast
Type traits
Type categories
is_void (C++11) is_null_pointer (C++14) is_array (C++11) is_pointer (C++11) is_enum (C++11) is_union (C++11) is_class (C++11) is_function (C++11)	is_object (C++11) is_scalar (C++11) is_compound (C++11) is_integral (C++11) is_floating_point (C++11) is_fundamental (C++11) is_arithmetic (C++11)
is_reference (C++11)
is_lvalue_reference (C++11)
is_rvalue_reference (C++11)
is_member_pointer (C++11)
is_member_object_pointer (C++11)
is_member_function_pointer (C++11)

Type properties
is_const (C++11) is_volatile (C++11) is_empty (C++11) is_polymorphic (C++11) is_final (C++14) is_abstract (C++11) is_aggregate (C++17) is_trivial (C++11)	is_trivially_copyable (C++11) is_standard_layout (C++11) is_literal_type (C++11)(until C++20) is_pod (C++11)(deprecated in C++20) is_signed (C++11) is_unsigned (C++11) is_bounded_array (C++20) is_unbounded_array (C++20)
has_unique_object_representations (C++17)
Type trait constants
integral_constantbool_constanttrue_typefalse_type (C++11)(C++17)(C++11)(C++11)
Metafunctions
conjunction (C++17)
disjunction (C++17)
negation (C++17)
Endian
endian (C++20)
Constant evaluation context
is_constant_evaluated (C++20)

Supported operations
is_constructibleis_trivially_constructibleis_nothrow_constructible (C++11)(C++11)(C++11)
is_default_constructibleis_trivially_default_constructibleis_nothrow_default_constructible (C++11)(C++11)(C++11)
is_copy_constructibleis_trivially_copy_constructibleis_nothrow_copy_constructible (C++11)(C++11)(C++11)
is_move_constructibleis_trivially_move_constructibleis_nothrow_move_constructible (C++11)(C++11)(C++11)
is_assignableis_trivially_assignableis_nothrow_assignable (C++11)(C++11)(C++11)
is_copy_assignableis_trivially_copy_assignableis_nothrow_copy_assignable (C++11)(C++11)(C++11)
is_move_assignableis_trivially_move_assignableis_nothrow_move_assignable (C++11)(C++11)(C++11)
is_destructibleis_trivially_destructibleis_nothrow_destructible (C++11)(C++11)(C++11)
has_virtual_destructor (C++11)
is_swappable_withis_swappableis_nothrow_swappable_withis_nothrow_swappable (C++17)(C++17)(C++17)(C++17)
Relationships and property queries
is_same (C++11) is_base_of (C++11) is_convertibleis_nothrow_convertible (C++11)(C++20)	alignment_of (C++11) rank (C++11) extent (C++11)
is_invocableis_invocable_ris_nothrow_invocableis_nothrow_invocable_r (C++17)(C++17)(C++17)(C++17)
Type modifications
remove_cvremove_constremove_volatile (C++11)(C++11)(C++11) add_cvadd_constadd_volatile (C++11)(C++11)(C++11) make_signed (C++11) make_unsigned (C++11)	remove_reference (C++11) add_lvalue_referenceadd_rvalue_reference (C++11)(C++11) remove_pointer (C++11) add_pointer (C++11) remove_extent (C++11) remove_all_extents (C++11)
Type transformations
aligned_storage (C++11) aligned_union (C++11) decay (C++11) remove_cvref (C++20) enable_if (C++11) void_t (C++17)	conditional (C++11) common_type (C++11) common_reference (C++20) underlying_type (C++11) result_ofinvoke_result (C++11)(until C++20)(C++17) type_identity (C++20)

 

std::numeric_limits

Static constants

numeric_limits::is_specialized

numeric_limits::is_signed

numeric_limits::is_integer

numeric_limits::is_exact

numeric_limits::has_infinity

numeric_limits::has_quiet_NaN

numeric_limits::has_signaling_NaN

numeric_limits::has_denorm

numeric_limits::has_denorm_loss

numeric_limits::round_style

numeric_limits::is_iec559

numeric_limits::is_bounded

numeric_limits::is_modulo

numeric_limits::digits

numeric_limits::digits10

numeric_limits::max_digits10 (C++11)

numeric_limits::radix

numeric_limits::min_exponent

numeric_limits::min_exponent10

numeric_limits::max_exponent

numeric_limits::max_exponent10

numeric_limits::traps

numeric_limits::tinyness_before

Static member functions

numeric_limits::min

numeric_limits::lowest (C++11)

numeric_limits::max

numeric_limits::epsilon

numeric_limits::round_error

numeric_limits::infinity

numeric_limits::quiet_NaN

numeric_limits::signaling_NaN

numeric_limits::denorm_min

Helper types

float_round_style

float_denorm_style

 

static const bool is_signed;		(until C++11)
static constexpr bool is_signed;		(since C++11)

The value of std::numeric_limits<T>::is_signed is true for all signed arithmetic types T and false for the unsigned types. This constant is meaningful for all specializations.

Standard specializations

T	value of std::numeric_limits<T>::is_signed
/* non-specialized */	false
bool	false
char	implementation-defined
signed char	true
unsigned char	false
wchar_t	implementation-defined
char8_t	false
char16_t	false
char32_t	false
short	true
unsigned short	false
int	true
unsigned int	false
long	true
unsigned long	false
long long	true
unsigned long long	false
float	true
double	true
long double	true

See also

is_signed (C++11)	checks if a type is a signed arithmetic type (class template)
is_integer [static]	identifies integer types (public static member constant)
is_exact [static]	identifies exact types (public static member constant)
is_bounded [static]	identifies types that represent a finite set of values (public static member constant)