I need to perform a bitwise left shift on a 16-bit integer (ushort / UInt16), but the bitwise operators in C# seem to apply to int (32-bit) only. How can I use << on an ushort, or at least get to the same result with a simple workaround?
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I need to perform a bitwise left shift on a 16-bit integer (ushort / UInt16), but the bitwise operators in C# seem to apply to int (32-bit) only. How can I use << on an ushort, or at least get to the same result with a simple workaround?
Cast the resulting value back into ushort after shifting: