Meaning of MyVar >> 1

[RF Emmerink]

Hi,

A simple question:

What is the meaning of:

variable >> 1

Kind regards,

Roderik

 

[Ema]

Hi,

A simple question:

What is the meaning of:

variable >> 1

It's a right shift of 1 bit.

Think at the binary representation of the value of the variable and move
every bit of one step right.

If you have a char c = 2 (00000010)
when you make c >> 1 you obtain
1 (00000001)

Bye,
Ema

 

[Kevin Easton]

Hi,

A simple question:

What is the meaning of:

variable >> 1

Kind regards,

If variable is not negative, it's the same as variable / 2. If variable
is negative, then the result is implementation-defined.

- Kevin.

 

[Default User]

Hi,

A simple question:

What is the meaning of:

variable >> 1

What does your C textbook say about it?




Brian Rodenborn

 

[Peter Shaggy Haywood]

Groovy hepcat RF Emmerink was jivin' on Tue, 15 Jul 2003 13:59:33
+0200 in comp.lang.c.
Meaning of MyVar >> 1's a cool scene! Dig it!

What is the meaning of:

variable >> 1

It means you need to read a C book.
Really! If you want help, OK. But this sort of question is answered
by every book on C ever written. This newsgroup is a great resource,
but it is not a C book. Consult your manual in future, when you have a
question like this. If there's something in it you don't understand,
*that's* when you should post here for clarification. But RTFM to
learn the language, please.

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