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What is the difference between the >> and >>> operators

The >> operator carries the sign bit when shifting right. The >>> zero-fills bits that havebeen shifted out.

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Last Update: October 05, 2005

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September 09, 2005 05:12:43

Joseph Reddy

RE: What is the difference between the >> and >>> operators

The >> operator causes the bits of the left operand to be shifted to the right, based on the value of the right operand. The bits that fill in the shifted left bits have the value of the leftmost bit (before the shift operation).
The >>> operator is identical to the >> operator, except that the bits that fill in the shifted left bits have the value of 0. The >>> operator is said to be an unsigned shift because it does not preserve the sign of
the operand.

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October 02, 2005 07:34:47

kanniappan

RE: What is the difference between the >> and >>> oper...

>> : operator once moves the bits towards right. It doesn't move the sign bit.

>>>: operator once moves the bits towards right, the sign bit also will gets moving.

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October 05, 2005 17:33:57

infant

Member Since: October 2005 Contribution: 1

RE: What is the difference between the >> and >>> oper...

While dealing with (+)ve numbers there is no difference between >>> and >> operators.Both operators shift zeros into the upper bits of a number.

The difference arises when dealing with (-)ve numbers.Since (-)ve numbers,(-)ve numbers have their high order bit set to 1.The >>> (Zero Fill Shift Operator) shifts zeros into all the upper bits,INCLUDING THE HIGH ORDER BIT,Thus making the (-)ve number into a (+)ve number.

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