Operators.LeftShiftObject Method

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This API supports the .NET Framework infrastructure and is not intended to be used directly from your code.

Represents the Visual Basic arithmetic left shift (<<) operator.

Namespace: Microsoft.VisualBasic.CompilerServices
Assembly: Microsoft.VisualBasic (in Microsoft.VisualBasic.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Shared Function LeftShiftObject ( _
    Operand As Object, _
    Amount As Object _
) As Object

public static Object LeftShiftObject(
    Object Operand,
    Object Amount
)

Operand
Type: System.Object
Required. Integral numeric expression. The bit pattern to be shifted. The data type must be an integral type (SByte, Byte, Short, UShort, Integer, UInteger, Long, or ULong).

Amount
Type: System.Object
Required. Numeric expression. The number of bits to shift the bit pattern. The data type must be Integer or widen to Integer.

Type: System.Object
An integral numeric value. The result of shifting the bit pattern. The data type is the same as that of Operand.

This class supports the Visual Basic compiler and is not intended to be used directly from your code.

Supported in: 5, 4, 3

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