using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Linq; using System.Text; using System.Threading.Tasks; //The question of this code : How does the shift operator work //https://www.sololearn.com/Discuss/974232/i-cannot-understand-about-shift-operator-in-c //from Nurman Tajir //Shift is a bitwise operation. //https://www.dotnetperls.com/shift // ">>" shifts a bit to the right // "<<" shifts a bit to the left //x = x >> 1; shift a bit 1 position to the right //x = x >> 2; shift a bit 2 postions to the right namespace SoloLearn { class Program { static void Main(string[] args) { int x = 32; Console.WriteLine(x + " is binary " + GetIntBinaryString(x)); x = x >> 1; Console.WriteLine(x + " is binary " + GetIntBinaryString(x)); x = x >> 1; Console.WriteLine(x + " is binary " + GetIntBinaryString(x));; x = x >> 1; Console.WriteLine(x + " is binary " + GetIntBinaryString(x)); x = x >> 1; Console.WriteLine(x + " is binary " + GetIntBinaryString(x)); x = x >> 1; Console.WriteLine(x + " is binary " + GetIntBinaryString(x)); x = x << 1; Console.WriteLine(x + " is binary " + GetIntBinaryString(x)); x = x << 1; Console.WriteLine(x + " is binary " + GetIntBinaryString(x)); x = x << 1; Console.WriteLine(x + " is binary " + GetIntBinaryString(x)); x = x << 1; Console.WriteLine(x + " is binary " + GetIntBinaryString(x)); x = x << 1; Console.WriteLine(x + " is binary " + GetIntBinaryString(x)); x = x << 1; Console.WriteLine(x + " is binary " + GetIntBinaryString(x)); } public static string GetIntBinaryString(int n) { // Thanks to https://www.dotnetperls.com/binary-representation for this code char[] b = new char[8]; int pos = 7; int i = 0; while (i < 8) { if ((n & (1 << i)) != 0) { b[pos] = '1'; } else { b[pos] = '0'; } pos--; i++; } return new string(b); } } }

Using the shift operator