TRUECALC
Functions

BITLSHIFT

Left-shift an integer by a number of bits

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When to use it

When should I use BITLSHIFT?

Use BITLSHIFT to multiply an integer by a power of two by shifting its bits left, which is the standard technique for fast power-of-two scaling in bit manipulation.

Used in

engineering · science

Syntax

BITLSHIFT(number, shift_amount)

Examples

=BITLSHIFT(2,2) // => 8
=BITLSHIFT(1,4) // => 16
=BITLSHIFT(9,2) // => 36

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