So, I decided to do some challenge, I was surprised I was been asked shhhh I never seen B4. This one caught my fancy:

Question

x = 5
print (x>>2<<x)

I did it on the code playground with the result being 32. Can someone please explain what '<<' and '>>' means?

Answer 1

They are Bitwise Operations. Bitwise Left shift and bitwise Right shift.

They are covered in Sololearn by the community. Click the links below to learn about them in Sololearn.

https://www.sololearn.com/learn/4086/?ref=app

https://www.sololearn.com/learn/4087/?ref=app

Answer 2

5 >> 2 is 1
1 << 5 is 32.

Answer 3

Since both the operators have the same precedence then according to associativity, we solve from left to right.

x>>2 = 5>>2
It means binary 5 has been shifted to right by 2 digits. I'm using 8 bits for representation.
0000 0101 -> 5
0000 0001 -> 1 // after shifting right by 2 digits. So you have the result 1. Now binary 1 is shifted to left by 5 digits because 1<<x which is 1<<5.

0010 0000 -> 32

Answer 4

https://www.sololearn.com/discuss/1873679/?ref=app