The H5T_GET_SIGN function returns the sign type for an integer datatype.

Syntax

Result = H5T_GET_SIGN(Datatype_id)

Return Value

Returns the sign type. Possible values are:

  • -1: Error
  • 0: Unsigned integer type
  • 1: Two's complement signed integer type

Arguments

Datatype_id

An integer representing the datatype’s identifier to be queried.

Keywords

None

Version History

5.6

Introduced

See Also

H5T_GET_ORDER, H5T_GET_PAD, H5T_GET_PRECISION