I've used it before to convert between big endian and little endian systems where the high order and low order bits are reversed.
-----Original Message----- From: David Rosenstrauch [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2002 2:30 PM To: JDJList Subject: [jdjlist] Re: Shift Operator: What is it good for? At 02:19 PM 9/5/2002 -0400, you wrote: >During the discussion about 'Getting digits from an integer' there was a >reference to the binary shift operator >>. In my 15 years of programming >I have never once used the shift operator. I am sure it must be used for >something, but I can not think of anything useful. Anybody out there >every use it? If so, what for? > >Thanks >Knud Hansen I think it's most commonly used in applying bit-masks (e.g., when you want to strip out the "red" value out of RGB color integer values). DR To change your JDJList options, please visit: http://www.sys-con.com/java/list.cfm To change your JDJList options, please visit: http://www.sys-con.com/java/list.cfm
