Bitwise right shift operator in Python

Python Bitwise Right shift operator >> is used to shift the binary sequence to the right side by a specified position. for example, if the number is 14.

x >> n

Then the Binary representation of 14 is 00001110 (for the sake of clarity let’s write it using 8-bit)

14 = (00001110) ₂

Then 14 >> 1 will shift the binary sequence by 1 position to the right side.

Python Bitwise right shift operator

Simple example code bitwise right-shift operator to integer 32 shifting it by one position:

x = 32
# Shift by one position to the right
res = x >> 1
print(res)

# Shift by two positions to the right
res = x >> 2
print(res)

Output:

The bit representation of decimal 32 is "00100000". If you shift it by one position to the right, you obtain a binary “00010000” (decimal 16). If you shift by two positions to the right, you obtain a binary "00001000"

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Note: IDE: PyCharm 2021.3.3 (Community Edition)

Windows 10

Python 3.10.1

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