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Bitwise Right Shift Operator (>>) (JScript 5.6) 

Right shifts the bits of an expression, maintaining sign.


result = expression1 >> expression2

Arguments

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

Remarks

The >> operator shifts the bits of expression1 right by the number of bits specified in expression2. The sign bit of expression1 is used to fill the digits from the left. Digits shifted off the right are discarded. For example, after the following code is evaluated, temp has a value of -4: 14 (11110010 in binary) shifted right two bits equals -4 (11111100 in binary).

var temp

temp = -14 >> 2

Requirements

Version 1

See Also

Reference

Bitwise Left Shift Operator (<<) (JScript 5.6)
Right Shift Assignment Operator (>>=) (JScript 5.6)
Unsigned Right Shift Operator (>>>) (JScript 5.6)

Concepts

Operator Precedence (JScript 5.6)
Operator Summary (JScript 5.6)