int8

Converts to 8-bit signed integer.

📝 Syntax

• Y = int8(X)

📥 Input argument

• X - a matrix of double, single or integers.

📤 Output argument

• Y - a matrix of 8-bit integer.

📄 Description

int8 converts value to 8-bit integer type.

The value is rounded to the nearest int8 value on conversion. A value that is above or below the range for an int8 class is mapped to one of the endpoints of the range [-128, 127].

💡 Example

A = [1 -255 -120 127 128 215]
B = int8(A)

🔗 See also

intmax, intmin, numeric types.

🕔 History

Version	📄 Description
1.0.0	initial version