Right shift operator

Right shift operator?

In JavaScript, the right shift operator (>>) is a bitwise operator used to shift the bits of a number to the right by a specified number of positions. It performs a bitwise shift operation on the binary representation of the number.

Right shift operator example

const num = 12; // Binary representation: 1100
const shiftedRight = num >> 2; // Shifting right by 2 positions

console.log(shiftedRight); // Output: 3 (Binary representation: 0011)


// The right shift operator can be used to divide a number by a power of 2. For example, the following code divides 100 by 4 using the right shift operator:

const num = 100;
const dividedNum = num >> 2;
console.log(dividedNum); // Output: 25

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