I am new to java, and came to know that there are two Right Shift operators in java >> and >>>, but only one left shift operator <<. Why is it so?
I am new to java, and came to know that there are two Right
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I am new to java, and came to know that there are two Right Shift operators in java >> and >>>, but only one left shift operator <<. Why is it so?
Because logical and arithmetic left-shift operations are identical (from wikipedia).
Notice what happens to sign bit (left-most bit) in both left shifts.