I am confused here because char type is also integer type and unsigned.

So if the question says, integer types are signed. Is it true or false.

Please help

I brifely saw the link you posted here. The portion which says it is SIGNED implies only byte/short/int/long. Further down it says char is UNSIGNED.

Please refer to JLS here

I wait for Paul for his response regarding this.

I have been reading Beginning Java2 by IVOR HORTON. This is suppose to be one of the Best books for JAVA.In this book, the author says the following:

JAVA language provides 8 basic data types.These fundamental types, also called as primitives, allow you to define variables for storing data that falls into one of three categories:

- Numeric values, which can be either integer or floating
point.
- Variables which store a single Unicode character.
- Logical variables that can assume the value true or false.

Integer Data Types:

There are four types of variables that you can use to store integer data. ALL OF THESE ARE SIGNED. The four integer types in Java are:

byte,short,int.long.

The cups story read:

byte - 8 bits
short - 16 bits
int - 32 bits
long - 64 bits

All the integer types are SIGNED.

And later it says that char is unsigned. But I can see how there might be some room for confusion, so I changed the above to

All of these integer types are SIGNED.

I say (because I think the JLS says it) that char is the only integral type that is unsigned. I wish I had the time to look it up and post the URL...