Left-shift assignment operator (<<=)

Operation

The value of the variable moves to the left, based on the number of digits specified in the expression value, and assigns the result to the variable

result <<= expression

Parameters

Result

Any variable .

Expression

Any expression .

Description

Using the <<= operator is equivalent to using the following statement:

result = result << expression

The <<= operator moves all bits of result to the left expression the number of digits specified. For example:

<<=

The value of the variable temp is 56 because 14 (that is, binary 00001110) moves left two digits equals 56 (that is, binary 00111000). Use zero to fill the vacated bits on the right when moving.

Requirements

Version 1

Please see

<< operator | >> operator | >>> operator | Operator Precedence | Operator Summary