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Re: RE: RE: RE: There can be only one!by Zorn (Initiate) |
| on Oct 27, 2002 at 05:40 UTC ( [id://208317]=note: print w/replies, xml ) | Need Help?? |
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2 << 4 is 2 "left shifted" by four digits. In binary, 10.00000 is moved four digits to the left to result in 100000.0, or 32. Every time you move the decimal point in binary, you multiply or divide by two. So it's like moving the decimal point to multiply or divide by ten in decimal.
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