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Shift operators
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Amit, Jhalani
Greenhorn
Joined: Jan 11, 2001
Posts: 21
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Can sombody help me out on this.
public class Test {
public static void main(String b[]){
int n = 3;
n <<= -2;
System.out.println(n);
}
}
I am able to compile it and able to run it also. I wanna know can i use negetive numbers with the shift operatos.The above program gave me the answer as -1073741824.
Please explane.
Thanks
Amit
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Carl Trusiak
Sheriff
Joined: Jun 13, 2000
Posts: 3340
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This discussion explains this extremely well http://www.javaranch.com/ubb/Forum24/HTML/000848.html
Note the lower 5 bits of -2 result in a value of 30 so, this is the same as writing
n <<= 30;
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I Hope This Helps
Carl Trusiak, SCJP2, SCWCD
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