Re: Strange Operator

From: Chris \( Val \) (chrisval_at_bigpond.com.au)
Date: 03/31/04 

Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2004 22:32:34 +1000

"Simon Lewis" <sheepboy69uk@NOSPAMyahoo.com> wrote in message
news:c4eans$8q1$1@wotsit.aston.ac.uk...
| Dear All,
|
| I have been stepping though some code, and came across the following
| operator:
|
| value >>= 1;
|
| (value is an int)
|
| It seems to be assigning 1 to value, could anyone shed some light on its
| meaning?

It is a 'bitwise - right-shift' operator.

It's affect is to shift all bit's to the right, by the
nominated value. For example:

int value = 10;
value >>= 1;

...would look like this:

// 00001010
// 00000101 == 5

Btw, when combined with the assignment operator '=', it
is known as an compound operator, which performs the shift
and assignment within the same expression.

Cheers.
Chris Val

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