Left Shift (Bitwise)

Menu Path : Operator > Bitwise > Left Shift

The Left Shift Operator shifts the first input's value left by the number of bits defined in the second input. During the shift, this Operator discards the most-significant bit and inserts a 0 on the right.

For example, if the first input is 21, which is 10101 in binary representation, and the number of bits to left shift it by is 3, the result is 168, which is 10101000 in binary representation. Shifting left produces the same result as multiplying the input value by 2ⁿ, so the shift result is the same as:

21 * 2³ 21 * 8 168

Operator properties

Input	Type	Description
A	uint	The value to shift left.
B	uint	The number of bits to shift A by.

Output	Type	Description
o	uint	The result of the left shift by B number of bits.