std::numeric_limits<T>::digits

 

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static const int digits;		(until C++11)
static constexpr int digits;		(since C++11)

The value of std::numeric_limits<T>::digits is the number of digits in base-radix that can be represented by the type T without change. For integer types, this is the number of bits not counting the sign bit and the padding bits (if any). For floating-point types, this is the digits of the mantissa (for IEC 559/IEEE 754 implementations, this is the number of digits stored for the mantissa plus one, because the mantissa has an implicit leading 1 and binary point).

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T	value of std::numeric_limits<T>::digits (assuming no padding bits)
/* non-specialized */	​0​
bool	1
char	CHAR_BIT - std::numeric_limits<char>::is_signed
signed char	CHAR_BIT - 1
unsigned char	CHAR_BIT
wchar_t	CHAR_BIT * sizeof(wchar_t)     - std::numeric_limits<wchar_t>::is_signed
char8_t (since C++20)	CHAR_BIT
char16_t (since C++11)	CHAR_BIT * sizeof(char16_t)
char32_t (since C++11)	CHAR_BIT * sizeof(char32_t)
short	CHAR_BIT * sizeof(short) - 1
unsigned short	CHAR_BIT * sizeof(short)
int	CHAR_BIT * sizeof(int) - 1
unsigned int	CHAR_BIT * sizeof(int)
long	CHAR_BIT * sizeof(long) - 1
unsigned long	CHAR_BIT * sizeof(long)
long long (since C++11)	CHAR_BIT * sizeof(long long) - 1
unsigned long long (since C++11)	CHAR_BIT * sizeof(long long)
float	FLT_MANT_DIG
double	DBL_MANT_DIG
long double	LDBL_MANT_DIG

See also

radix [static]	the radix or integer base used by the representation of the given type (public static member constant)
min_exponent [static]	one more than the smallest negative power of the radix that is a valid normalized floating-point value (public static member constant)
max_exponent [static]	one more than the largest integer power of the radix that is a valid finite floating-point value (public static member constant)