std::is_signed

Defined in header `<type_traits>`
`template< class T > struct is_signed;`		(since C++11)

std::is_signed is a UnaryTypeTrait.

If T is an arithmetic type, provides the member constant value equal to true if T(-1) < T(0): this results in true for the floating-point types and the signed integer types, and in false for the unsigned integer types and the type bool.

For any other type, value is false.

The behavior of a program that adds specializations for std::is_signed or std::is_signed_v is undefined.

Template parameters

a type to check

Helper variable template

template< class T >
inline constexpr bool is_signed_v = is_signed<T>::value;

(since C++17)

Inherited from std::integral_constant

Member constants

value

[static]

true if T is a signed arithmetic type, false otherwise
(public static member constant)

Member functions

operator bool	converts the object to bool, returns `value` (public member function)
operator() (C++14)	returns `value` (public member function)

Member types

Type	Definition
`value_type`	bool
`type`	std::integral_constant<bool, value>

Possible implementation

namespace detail
{
    template<typename T, bool = std::is_arithmetic<T>::value>
    struct is_signed : std::integral_constant<bool, T(-1) < T(0)> {};
 
    template<typename T>
    struct is_signed<T, false> : std::false_type {};
}
 
template<typename T>
struct is_signed : detail::is_signed<T>::type {};

Example

#include <iostream>
#include <type_traits>
 
class A {};
static_assert(std::is_signed_v<A> == false);
 
class B { int i; };
static_assert(std::is_signed_v<B> == false);
 
enum C : int {};
static_assert(std::is_signed_v<C> == false);
 
enum class D : int {};
static_assert(std::is_signed_v<D> == false);
 
static_assert(
    std::is_signed<signed int>::value == true and // C++11
    std::is_signed<signed int>() == true and      // C++11
    std::is_signed<signed int>{} == true and      // C++11
    std::is_signed_v<signed int> == true and      // C++17
    std::is_signed_v<unsigned int> == false and
    std::is_signed_v<float> == true and
    std::is_signed_v<bool> == false and
    std::is_signed_v<signed char> == true and
    std::is_signed_v<unsigned char> == false
);
 
int main()
{
    // signedness of char is implementation-defined:
    std::cout << std::boolalpha << std::is_signed_v<char> << '\n';
}

Possible output:

true

is_unsigned (C++11)	checks if a type is an unsigned arithmetic type (class template)
is_signed [static]	identifies signed types (public static member constant of `std::numeric_limits<T>`)
is_arithmetic (C++11)	checks if a type is an arithmetic type (class template)
make_signed (C++11)	makes the given integral type signed (class template)
make_unsigned (C++11)	makes the given integral type unsigned (class template)

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