I think you mean a "power" of two, not a "multiple" of two.
-- Roger Glover --- Paul Franz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Shift Operator: What is it good for?Dividing by a multiple of 2. This is > faster than using the / operator. > > Paul Franz > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Hansen, Knud > To: JDJList > Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2002 2:19 PM > Subject: [jdjlist] Shift Operator: What is it good for? > > > 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 ===== -- Roger Glover __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance - Get real-time stock quotes http://finance.yahoo.com To change your JDJList options, please visit: http://www.sys-con.com/java/list.cfm
