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Surprised I didn’t see this one on the lists. Shifting left by n bits on a signed or unsigned binary number has the effect of multiplying it by 2^n. Shifting r
by cowholio4 8y ago
Surprised I didn’t see this one on the lists.
Shifting left by n bits on a signed or unsigned binary number has the effect of multiplying it by 2^n. Shifting right by n bits on a two's complement signed binary number has the effect of dividing it by 2^n, but it always rounds down (towards negative infinity).