Please explain why the result of this code is like this. I don't understand.

Question

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

namespace SoloLearn
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
int x = 2;
Console.WriteLine(x<<2);
}
}
}

Answer 1

the "x<<2" shifts all the bits of the variable x to 2 places left, going from
00000010 to 00001000, which is 8

did you want to print out 2? you should remove the "<<2" part and leave only x

Answer 2

https://www.sololearn.com/Discuss/1424673/right-and-left-shift-operators
https://www.sololearn.com/Discuss/1309310/what-are-bit-shifts-and-cout

Answer 3

No I didn't want to print out 2. I wanted to know what this statement meant. Thank you for answering though.