Question

Lets say that I have an array of 4 32-bit integers which I use to store the 128-bit number

How can I perform left and right shift on this 128-bit number?

Thanks!

Answer 1

void shiftl128 (
    unsigned int& a,
    unsigned int& b,
    unsigned int& c,
    unsigned int& d,
    size_t k)
{
    assert (k <= 128);
    if (k >= 32) // shifting a 32-bit integer by more than 31 bits is "undefined"
    {
        a=b;
        b=c;
        c=d;
        d=0;
        shiftl128(a,b,c,d,k-32);
    }
    else
    {
        a = (a << k) | (b >> (32-k));
        b = (b << k) | (c >> (32-k));
        c = (c << k) | (d >> (32-k));
        d = (d << k);
    }
}

void shiftr128 (
    unsigned int& a,
    unsigned int& b,
    unsigned int& c,
    unsigned int& d,
    size_t k)
{
    assert (k <= 128);
    if (k >= 32) // shifting a 32-bit integer by more than 31 bits is "undefined"
    {
        d=c;
        c=b;
        b=a;
        a=0;
        shiftr128(a,b,c,d,k-32);
    }
    else
    {
        d = (c << (32-k)) | (d >> k); \
        c = (b << (32-k)) | (c >> k); \
        b = (a << (32-k)) | (b >> k); \
        a = (a >> k);
    }
}