Right and left shift operators

right_left_shift_operators.rb

# left shift operator is the equivalent of multiplying by a power of 2.
b = 1
(b << 1).to_s(2) # "10", equivalent to multiplying by 2^1
(b << 4).to_s(2) # "10000", equivalent to multiplying by 2^4

# right shift operator is the equivalent to integer divisin by 2.
b = 32
b.to_s(2) # "100000"
(b >> 1).to_s(2) # "10000", equivalent to dividing by 2
(b>>3).to_s(2) # "100", equivalent to dividing by 2^3