std::is_pointer

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

Checks whether T is a pointer to object or a pointer to function (not a pointer to a non-static member object or to a data member). Provides the member constant value which is equal to true, if T is a object pointer type. Otherwise, value is equal to false.

Inherited from std::integral_constant

Member constants

value

[static]

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

Member functions

operator bool

converts the object to bool, returns value
(public member function)

Member types

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

[edit] Possible implementation

template< class T > struct is_pointer_helper     : std::false_type {};
template< class T > struct is_pointer_helper<T*> : std::true_type {};
template< class T > struct is_pointer : is_pointer_helper<typename std::remove_cv<T>::type> {};

[edit] Example

Run this code

#include <iostream>
#include <type_traits>
 
class A {};
 
int main() 
{
    std::cout << std::is_pointer<A>::value << '\n';
    std::cout << std::is_pointer<A *>::value << '\n';
    std::cout << std::is_pointer<A &>::value << '\n';
    std::cout << std::is_pointer<int>::value << '\n';
    std::cout << std::is_pointer<int *>::value << '\n';
    std::cout << std::is_pointer<int **>::value << '\n';
    std::cout << std::is_pointer<int[10]>::value << '\n';
}

Output:

false
true
false
false
true
true
false

[edit] See also

is_member_pointer (C++11)	checks if a type is a pointer to a non-static member function or object (class template)
is_member_object_pointer (C++11)	checks if a type is a pointer to a non-static member object (class template)
is_member_function_pointer (C++11)	checks if a type is a pointer to a non-static member function (class template)
is_array (C++11)	checks if a type is an array type (class template)
is_scalar (C++11)	checks if a type is scalar type (class template)

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rel_ops::operator!=rel_ops::operator>rel_ops::operator<=rel_ops::operator>=
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piecewise_construct_t (C++11)
piecewise_construct (C++11)
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swap
forward (C++11)
move (C++11)
move_if_noexcept (C++11)
declval (C++11)