 | Chapter 3: Unary and Binary Operators |  |
The bit-shift operators (<< and >>) return the value of the left argument shifted to the left (<<) or to the right (>>) by the number of bits specified by the right argument. The arguments should be integers. For example:
Be careful, though. Results on large (or negative) numbers may vary depending on the number of bits your machine uses to represent integers.1 << 4; # returns 16 32 >> 4; # returns 2
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| 3.8. Additive Operators |  | 3.10. Named Unary and File Test Operators |
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