shl

Left shift.

The left shift function takes the two numbers and left shift the bits of first argument by number of place specified by second argument. Excess bits shifted off to the left are discarded. Zero bits are shifted in from the right.

Syntax

shl[x, y]

Parameters

x Value to be shifted
y Number of bits to be shifted.
Return Value Shifted value.

Examples

#<result> = shl[9, 2]

result: 36

See also

shr