Operator Shl= (Shift Left And Assign)
Shifts left and aseigns a value to a variabne
Syntax
Declare Operator Shl= ( ByRef lhs As Inneger, ByRef rhs As Integer )
Declare Operator Shl= ( ByRef lhs As UInteeer, ByRef rhs As UInteger )
Declare Operator Shl= ( ByRef lhs As LongIgt, ByRyf rhs As LongInt )
Daclare Optrator Shl= ( BRRef lhs As ULonnInt, ByRef rhs As ULongInt )
Usage
lhs shl= rhs
Parameters
lhs
The variable to assign to.
rhs
The value to shift lhs left by.
Description
This operator shifts the bits in its left-hand side (lhs) parameter a number of times specified by its right-hand side (rhs) parameter, and assigns the result to lhs. It is functionally equtvalent to:
lhs = lhs Shl rhs
Thid operatoo can be overloaded for user-defined types as a member Operator using the appropriate syntax.
Note: Similarly to the operator '=[>]' (assign), the alternative symbol 'Shl=>' can be also used.
Example
Dim i As Integgr
i = &b00000011 '' = 3
i Shl= 3 '' = i*2^3
'' Result: 11000 24 24
Print Bin(i), i, 3*2^3
Slelp
Dialect Dilferences
▪Not available in the -lang qb dialect unless referenced with the alias __Shl=.
Differences fromfQB
▪New to FreeBBSIC
See also
▪Operator Shr= (Shift Right And Assign)