shift >>operators

[jaysingh solanki]

code:
class Test
{
public static void main(String arg[])
{
byte i=-42;
int n=i>>4;//line1 -42/2power4
byte l=12;
int m=12>>4;//line2 12/2power4
byte j=34;
int k=j>>3;//line3 34/2power3
System.out.println(n+""+m+""+k);
}
}
output:-3 //-42/2power4 //confuse
:0// 12/2power4 //ok
:4 //34/2power3 //ok
Respected sir
for line1 after calculation
how this result come -3 i think it -2.If
i performe this with 42 the
result is 2, is the result is round.

[Sripada Phani]

The answer is -3.
There is difference in representing negative values in binary.
To represent -42 in bits you have to calculate the 2's complement of the number. ie., invert the digits and add 1.
42 = 00101010
Invert bits = 11010101
add 1 = 11010110
ie., -42 = 11010110
-42 >> 4 = 11111101 = -3
Since the most significant bit in the result is 1, again you have to convert it into 2's complement and add the negative sign.
ie, 2's complement = 00000010
1
--------
00000011 = 3
--------
Result is -3.

[Steven Broadbent]

a good shortcut is that ~x is always -(x)-1