Top "Bit-shift" questions

A bit shift operation moves the bits contained in a binary numeral or bit pattern to the left or to the right.

Behaviour of unsigned right shift applied to byte variable

Consider the following snip of java code byte b=(byte) 0xf1; byte c=(byte)(b>>4); byte d=(byte) (…

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Shifting a Java BitSet

I am using a java.util.BitSet to store a dense vector of bits. I want to implement an operation …

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Need help understanding "getbits()" method in Chapter 2 of K&R C

In chapter 2, the section on bitwise operators (section 2.9), I'm having trouble understanding how one of the sample methods works. Here's …

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Bit Twiddling Hacks: interleave bits the obvious way

i am interested on this problem Interleave bits the obvious way (from http://graphics.stanford.edu/~seander/bithacks.html) unsigned …

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square root by bit shift

I am studying the fast square root algorithm by bit shift. I was stuck by the code from wikipedia. short …

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Replace least significant bit with bitwise operations

What is a optimal way to replace the Least Significant Bit of a byte, with a provided bit? I know …

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Decimal Division by left shift

I have been given a question to convert base from 10 to 2 without using division(/) and modules(%),so I came up …

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(C++) Getting error "Illegal instruction (core dumped)" upon bitwise OR operation

So, I'm still learning about bitwise operations and can't figure out why this error is happening. I've googled it and …

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In C++, what is the difference between 1 and 1i64?

I'm converting some 32-bit compatible code into 64-bit - and I've hit a snag. I'm compiling a VS2008 x64 project, …

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Please explain this SystemVerilog syntax {>>byte{...}}

The answer for the following program is {6,7,8} but I don't understand why, please explain a bit: module q (); typedef byte …

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