Thanks thats what I was looking for. Quoting andy at theasis.com (andy at theasis.com): > On Sun, 11 Mar 2001, Jason DeStefano wrote: > > > Yeah, its called "C". > > You mean "Perl". > > 2.5.9 Shift Operators > > The bit-shift operators (<< and >>) return the value of the left argument > shifted to the left (<<) or to the right (>>) by > the number of bits specified by the right argument. The arguments should > be integers. For example: > > 1 << 4; # returns 16 > 32 >> 4; # returns 2 > > Andy > > > > > > > At 07:33 PM 3/9/01 -0600, you wrote: > > > > > >Anyone know if a good utility to do some to bit shift a number? > > > > > > > > >-- > > >Joseph A. Heil, Jr. Oracle DBA > > >heilja at dbsource.com http://www.dbsource.com > > >voice: 952-445-8066 fax: 952-445-5196 > > >Key fingerprint = 95 FC 3A F4 8A 10 05 85 3F 53 01 86 AD DB DB 51 > > >_______________________________________________ > > >tclug-list mailing list > > >tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > >https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > tclug-list mailing list > > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > > _______________________________________________ > tclug-list mailing list > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list -- Joseph A. Heil, Jr. Oracle DBA heilja at dbsource.com http://www.dbsource.com voice: 952-445-8066 fax: 952-445-5196 Key fingerprint = 95 FC 3A F4 8A 10 05 85 3F 53 01 86 AD DB DB 51