Bit Shift left and right : Bit « Data Type « VB.Net Tutorial

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public class Test
   public Shared Sub Main
        '&HFF = the hex value FF, which equals 255, and
        '1111 1111 in binary
        Dim numberToBeShifted As Integer = &HFF
        numberToBeShifted = numberToBeShifted << 4
        Console.WriteLine(numberToBeShifted)
        numberToBeShifted >>= 2
        Console.WriteLine(numberToBeShifted)

   End Sub
End class

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