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7.4.9 Bitwise Left Shift Operator (<<)

Used to shift the bits of an expression to the left.
 

Syntax

result = expression1 << expression2

Arguments

result
Any variable.
expression1
Any expression.
expression2
Any expression.

Remarks

The << operator shifts the bits of expression1 left by the number of bits specified in expression2. For example:
 

var temp

temp = 14 << 2

The variable temp has a value of 56 as 14 (00001110 in binary) shifted left two bits equals 56 (00111000 in binary).
 
For information on when a run-time error is generated by the << operator, see the Operator Behavior table.
 

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