Difference between revisions of "Shift left"

Latest revision as of 11:07, 21 December 2016

Multiples the value on top of the integer stack by 2 using binary logic.

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-It picks two stack values shifts the first one's bits the amount specified by the second one.
+Multiples the value on top of the integer stack by 2 using binary logic.
-Shifting 1 by x will return the x power of 2.
-Shifting x by 1 is the same as multiplying it by 2.
-Shifting x by 2 is the same as multiplying it by 4.
-Shifting x by 3 is the same as multiplying it by 8, and so on.