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I'm having a hard time with this topic; more specifically, I'm having a hard time doing these problems quickly. Where can I get more practice on this topic?
Thanks.
Mansi
 
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consult ur textbook. preferrably k&b, then do some practise @ www.javacertificate.com.
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Hi Mansi,
It helps to practice with converting decimals of all bases into binary first of all. Hope, you know ways of converting numbers. Most used numbers like -128,127,-1, Integer.MAX_VALUE and Integer.MIN_VALUE is nice to learn by heart, at least, their hex and binary representation. When doing signed right shift, you divide the original number by 2 to the power of bits to shift and take the int portion, unless that number is multiple of 32 (or 64 for long numbers). 51>>2 = 0011 0011 >> 2= 0000 1100 = 12
Left shift - you multiply the original number by 2 to the power of shifted bits (unless it's multiple of 32 or 64). Unsigned right shift is a bit trickier for negative numbers - it may result in big positive numbers:

The result is 2147483647.
 
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