Action
Shifts all bits one place to the left or right.
Syntax
SHIFT var , LEFT/RIGHT [ , shifts]
Remarks
Var Byte, Integer/Word
or Long variable.
Shifts The number of shifts to perform.
The SHIFT statements shifts all bits to the left or right and so for a
byte after 8 shifts, the byte will be zero.
See also
SHIFTIN , SHIFTOUT ROTATE
Example
Dim a as Word
a = 128
SHIFT a, LEFT
, 1
Print a '256
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