BitShiftRight

BitShiftRight[n,k]

shifts the binary bits in the integer n to the right by k places, dropping bits that are shifted past the unit's position on the right.

BitShiftRight[n]

shifts one bit to the right.

Details

Examples

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Basic Examples  (1)

Shift 3 places to the right:

Shift 7 places to the right, leaving no nonzero bits:

Scope  (2)

BitShiftRight works with numbers of any size:

BitShiftRight automatically threads itself over lists:

Wolfram Research (2007), BitShiftRight, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/BitShiftRight.html.

Text

Wolfram Research (2007), BitShiftRight, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/BitShiftRight.html.

CMS

Wolfram Language. 2007. "BitShiftRight." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/BitShiftRight.html.

APA

Wolfram Language. (2007). BitShiftRight. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/BitShiftRight.html

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2023_bitshiftright, author="Wolfram Research", title="{BitShiftRight}", year="2007", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/BitShiftRight.html}", note=[Accessed: 19-March-2024 ]}

BibLaTeX

@online{reference.wolfram_2023_bitshiftright, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={BitShiftRight}, year={2007}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/BitShiftRight.html}, note=[Accessed: 19-March-2024 ]}