Operator Shl Shift Left and Assign

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Operator Shl= (Shift Left And Assign)

Shifts left and assigns a value to a variable

Syntax

Declare Operator Shl= ( ByRef lhs As Integer, ByRef rhs As Integer )
Declare Operator Shl= ( ByRef lhs As UInteger, ByRef rhs As UInteger )
Declare Operator Shl= ( ByRef lhs As LongInt, ByRef rhs As LongInt )
Declare Operator Shl= ( ByRef lhs As ULongInt, ByRef rhs As ULongInt )

Parameters

• lhs
• rhs
• lhs

Description

This operator shifts the bits in its left-hand side (lhs) parameter a number of times specified by its right-hand side (rhs) parameter, and assigns the result to lhs. It is functionally equivalent to:

lhs = lhs Shl rhs

This operator can be overloaded for user-defined types as a member Operator using the appropriate syntax.

Note: Similarly to the operator '=[>]' (assign), the alternative symbol 'Shl=>' can be also used.

Remarks

Usage

lhs shl= rhs

Dialect Differences

• Not available in the -lang qb dialect unless referenced with the alias __Shl=.

Differences from QB

• New to FreeBASIC

See also

• Operator Shl (Shift Left)
• Operator Shr= (Shift Right And Assign)
• Mathematical Functions

Examples

Dim i As Integer

i = &b00000011   '' = 3

i Shl= 3         '' = i*2^3

'' Result: 11000          24            24

Print Bin(i), i, 3*2^3

Sleep

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Category: Operators
Kind: operator

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