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From: George Foot <george DOT foot AT merton DOT oxford DOT ac DOT uk>
To: Hooman Katirai <hkatirai AT netpart DOT com>
Date: Wed, 5 Aug 1998 00:30:30 +0000
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Subject: Re: Possible bit shifting bug ...
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On  4 Aug 98 at 14:53, Hooman Katirai wrote:

> The following program gives this output. It is as if no bit shifting is
> taking place. I recompiled it as a c program and the same results were
> obtained:
> 
> Program:
> 
> 	#include <iostream.h>
> 	main() {
> 		int j=1;
> 		for (int i=0; i<16; i++) {
> 			cout << j;
> 			j << 1;
> 		}
> 	}
> 
> The output is only a series of '1's. No bitshifting ever took place.

I think you meant "j <<= 1;".

> Guess I'll just have to multiply by two ... until the fix.
> Thanks for your time

Writing "j * 2;" wouldn't have any effect either ;).  You need the 
assignment: "j *= 2;".

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