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Shift by -ve value

geetha nagarajan
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Why is the shift operation by a -ve value ,not a compiler error.(eg: 12 >> -2)?
It compiles fine and gives 0 as o/p.
Pl.clarify.

Corey McGlone
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Doing a shift by a negative number is not a compiler error. It is a legal operation in Java. Do a search in this forum as this topic has been discussed many times.
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