the >> operator?

[MrPolite]

Just wondering what >> means?

[pax]

Hi MrPolite.

This is from MSDN.

Right shifts the bits of an expression, maintaining sign.

result = expression1 >> expression2

So "A = B >> 3" would shift all bits in B 3 places to the right and put the result in A.

But apparently this is not available in VB.

[MrPolite]

Originally posted by pax
Hi MrPolite.

This is from MSDN.



So "A = B >> 3" would shift all bits in B 3 places to the right and put the result in A.

But apparently this is not available in VB.

MSDN is wrong then cuz it works funny hehe

I guess I have to learn assembly to get a better understanding of all these byte shifts blah blah, even though they may be simple

[pax]

It works in VB ?

How did you do that?

I have just tried this :

Dim A As Integer
        A = &H10
 
        MsgBox(Hex(A))
 
        A = A >> 3
 
        MsgBox(Hex(A))

And I get a compile error on the >>

[Grimfort]

Its now available in VS2003 but not in VS2002.

[pax]

Ah, that explains it all...

Thank's for the info, Grimfort

[MrPolite]

heh interesting. Is there anywhere which lists all the LANGUAGE changes in VS.NET 2003?