signed specifier

signed specifier

Signed integer type specifier

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  simple-type-specifier  := signed 

The signed keyword can be used alone to mean signed int or combined with other type specifiers to force the type to be signed. The int , short , and long types are implicitly signed, so it is most often used with signed char to implement a signed integral value whose range is the smallest that the compiler allows.

A signed integer can be represented using two's complement, ones' complement, or signed magnitude.

See Also

char , int , long , short , type , unsigned , Chapter 2