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Bitwise Expression Functions

BITSHIFTRIGHT

Shifts the bits for a numeric expression n positions to the right.

Aliases:

BIT_SHIFTRIGHT

See also:

BITSHIFTLEFT

Syntax

BITSHIFTRIGHT( <expr1> , <n> )
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Arguments

expr1

This expression must evaluate to a data type that can be cast to INTEGER.

n

The number of bits to shift by.

Usage Notes

  • If the data type of the argument is numeric but not INTEGER (e.g. FLOAT, DECIMAL, etc.), then the argument will be cast to INTEGER.

  • If the data type of the argument is a string (e.g. VARCHAR), then the argument will be cast to INTEGER if possible. For example, the string ‘12.3’ will be cast to 12. If the value cannot be cast to INTEGER, then the value will be treated as NULL.

  • If the argument is NULL, the result is NULL.

Examples

This example shows how to use BITSHIFTLEFT and BITSHIFTRIGHT:

Create a simple table and data:

CREATE TABLE bits (ID INTEGER, bit1 INTEGER, bit2 INTEGER);
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INSERT INTO bits (ID, bit1, bit2) VALUES 
    (   11,    1,     1),    -- Bits are all the same.
    (   24,    2,     4),    -- Bits are all different.
    (   42,    4,     2),    -- Bits are all different.
    ( 1624,   16,    24),    -- Bits overlap.
    (65504,    0, 65504),    -- Lots of bits (all but the low 6 bits)
    (    0, NULL,  NULL)     -- No bits
    ;
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Execute the query:

SELECT bit1, bit2, BITSHIFTLEFT(bit1, 1), BITSHIFTRIGHT(bit2, 1)
  FROM bits
  ORDER BY bit1;
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Output:

+------+-------+-----------------------+------------------------+
| BIT1 |  BIT2 | BITSHIFTLEFT(BIT1, 1) | BITSHIFTRIGHT(BIT2, 1) |
|------+-------+-----------------------+------------------------|
|    0 | 65504 |                     0 |                  32752 |
|    1 |     1 |                     2 |                      0 |
|    2 |     4 |                     4 |                      2 |
|    4 |     2 |                     8 |                      1 |
|   16 |    24 |                    32 |                     12 |
| NULL |  NULL |                  NULL |                   NULL |
+------+-------+-----------------------+------------------------+
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