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⟩ Tell me what are bitwise shift operators?

<< - Bitwise Left-Shift

Bitwise Left-Shift is useful when to want to MULTIPLY an integer (not floating point numbers) by a power of 2.

Expression: a << b

This expression returns the value of a multiplied by 2 to the power of b.

>> - Bitwise Right-Shift

Bitwise Right-Shift does the opposite, and takes away bits on the right.

Expression: a >> b

This expression returns the value of a divided by 2 to the power of b.

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