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bits shl for bits

Bitwise shift left for integers.

Signature

> bits shl {flags} (bits)

Flags

  • --signed, -s: always treat input number as a signed number
  • --number-bytes, -n {string}: the word size in number of bytes, it can be 1, 2, 4, 8, auto, default value 8

Parameters

  • bits: number of bits to shift left

Input/output types:

input output
int int
list<int> list<int>

Examples

Shift left a number by 7 bits

>2|bits shl7
256

Shift left a number with 1 byte by 7 bits

>2|bits shl7-n'1'
0

Shift left a signed number by 1 bit

>0x7F|bits shl1-s
254

Shift left a list of numbers

> [532] |bits shl2
╭───┬────╮
020
112
28
╰───┴────╯

Tips: Command bits shl was not included in the official binaries by default, you have to build it with --features=extra flag

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