Difference between revisions of "Shift left"

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

Latest revision as of 12:07, 21 December 2016

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