View source for Bit.brshift

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{{Function
|name=bit.brshift
|args={{Type|number}} n, {{Type|number}} bits
|api=bit
|returns={{Type|number}} the value of <var>n</var> shifted right by <var>bits</var> bits, with the shifted-in bits being equal to the original number’s 31st bit, which is equivalent to ⌊<var>n</var>÷2<sup><var>bits</var></sup>⌋
|addon=ComputerCraft
|desc=Shifts a number right arithmetically by a specified number of bits
|examples=
{{Example
|desc=Shift the number 73 (1001001) right by 2 bits, yielding 18 (10010)
|code=print(bit.brshift(73, 2))
|output=18
}}
{{Example
|desc=Shift the number 2,147,483,648 (10000000000000000000000000000000) right by 2 bits, yielding 3,758,096,384 (11100000000000000000000000000000)
|code=print(bit.brshift(2147483648, 2))
|output=3758096384
}}
}}

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