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bitsll

Bit shift left logical

Description

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c = bitsll(a, k) returns the result of a logical left shift by k bits on input a for fixed-point operations. bitsll shifts zeros into the positions of bits that it shifts left. The function does not check overflow or underflow. For floating-point operations, bitsll performs a multiply by 2k.

bitsll ignores fimath properties such as RoundingMode and OverflowAction.

When a is a fi object, a and c have the same associated fimath and numerictype objects.

Examples

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Shift a signed fi input left by 1 bit.

Create a fi object, and display its binary value.

a = fi(10,0,4,0);
disp(bin(a))
1010

Shift a left by 1 bit, and display its binary value.

disp(bin(bitsll(a,1)))
0100

Shift a left by 1 more bit.

disp(bin(bitsll(a,2)))
1000

Shift left a built-in int8 input using a fi shift value.

k = fi(2);
a = int8(16);
bitsll(a,k)
ans = int8
    64

Use bitsll to shift an int8 input left by 2 bits.

a = int8(4);
bitsll(a,2)
ans = int8
    16

Scale a floating-point double input by 23.

a = double(16);
bitsll(a,3)
ans = 128

Input Arguments

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Data that you want to shift, specified as a scalar, vector, matrix, or multidimensional array of fi objects or built-in numeric types.

Data Types: fi | single | double | int8 | int16 | int32 | int64 | uint8 | uint16 | uint32 | uint64

Complex Number Support: Yes

Number of bits to shift, specified as a non-negative integer-valued scalar fi object or built-in numeric type.

Data Types: fi | single | double | int8 | int16 | int32 | int64 | uint8 | uint16 | uint32 | uint64

Extended Capabilities

Version History

Introduced in R2007b