bit.brshift

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Grid Redstone.png  Function bit.brshift
Shifts a number right arithmetically by a specified number of bits
Syntax bit.brshift(number n, number bits)
Returns number the value of n shifted right by bits bits, with the shifted-in bits being equal to the original number’s 31st bit, which is equivalent to ⌊n÷2bits
Part of ComputerCraft
API bit

Examples

Grid paper.png  Example
Shift the number 73 (1001001) right by 2 bits, yielding 18 (10010)
Code
print(bit.brshift(73, 2))
Output 18



Grid paper.png  Example
Shift the number 2,147,483,648 (10000000000000000000000000000000) right by 2 bits, yielding 3,758,096,384 (11100000000000000000000000000000)
Code
print(bit.brshift(2147483648, 2))
Output 3758096384
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