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Created April 23, 2011 09:39
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Functions for quick left and right bitwise shifts in Lua.
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bit-shifts.lua
function lshift(x, by)
return x * 2 ^ by
end
function rshift(x, by)
return math.floor(x / 2 ^ by)
end
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Laumesis commented Sep 10, 2021 •
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@blackknight36
0x03 is hexadecimal 3 = binary 11
shifting binary 11 to right twice results 0
floor is correct

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Thanks. Not sure what I was thinking here.

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