Shift operators

[Ravi Ahuja]

Hi friends, i am new to this forum 
i am preparing for scjp1.4 and this 
probably my first post 
i wanted to know how shift operators work in case of negative sign
say
8<<-1
-8<<-1
8>>-1
-8>>-1
and how does the signed bit operator works this one
>>>
 
and i am also a bit confused in calculating hexadecimel values 
plz help friendz

[Ankur Sharma]

Originally posted by Ravi Ahuja:

Hi friends, i am new to this forum 
i am preparing for scjp1.4 and this 
probably my first post 
i wanted to know how shift operators work in case of negative sign
say
8<<-1
-8<<-1
8>>-1
-8>>-1
and how does the signed bit operator works this one
>>>
 
and i am also a bit confused in calculating hexadecimel values 
plz help friendz

Well there are lot of resources about Bit Operators. but the best one to understand is Game with Bits

Hope it helps you out..

[Ravi Ahuja]

thanks sharma ji 
and sir wat abt hexadecimel numbers 

[Barry Gaunt]

Ravi, if you start to write in english (rather than textspeek), you will perhaps get more responses to your questions.