Bitwise Right Shift Operator (>>) (Windows Scripting - JScript)

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Right shifts the bits of an expression, maintaining sign.

Syntax

result = expression1 >> expression2

Arguments

  • result
    Any variable.

  • expression1
    Any expression.

  • expression2
    Any expression.

Remarks

The >> operator shifts the bits of expression1 right by the number of bits specified in expression2. The sign bit of expression1 is used to fill the digits from the left. Digits shifted off the right are discarded. For example, after the following code is evaluated, temp has a value of -4: -14 (11110010 in two's complement binary) shifted right two bits equals -4 (11111100 in two's complement binary).

var temp
temp = -14 >> 2

Requirements

Version 1

See Also

Bitwise Left Shift Operator (<<) (Windows Scripting - JScript)
Right Shift Assignment Operator (>>=) (Windows Scripting - JScript)
Unsigned Right Shift Operator (>>>) (Windows Scripting - JScript)
Operator Precedence (Windows Scripting - JScript)
Operator Summary (Windows Scripting - JScript)