Shl

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Overview

Shift left (shl) performs a left bit-shift operation, shifting the value byt the amount of bits specified as an argument (opposite of shr).

E.g

Command is: 00000100 shl 2 (shift left 2 bits)
 
Action is:  00000100 <- 00 (00 gets added to the right of the value; left 00 "disappears")
 
Result is:  00010000

Clear a bit

function ClearBit( const aValue, aBitNumber : integer ) : integer;
begin
  result := aValue and not( 1 shl aBitNumber );
end;

If you call ClearBit(%1111,1), then you get %1101 (%1111 = 15 and %1101 = 13).

If you call ClearBit(13,2), then you get 9 (9 = %1001) .

See also

• And
• Not
• Set a bit
• Toggle a bit
• Bit manipulation