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October 20, 1999 The Bitwise Zero-Fill Right Shift Operator  Tips: October 1999
Yehuda Shiran, Ph.D.
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The bitwise zero-fill right shift operator shifts the first operand the specified number of bits to the right. The first operand is a 4-byte integer to be shifted. The second operand specifies the number of bits to shift. All bits shifted out to the right are discarded. New bits coming in from the left are always 0s, regardless of the original number's sign. The result, therefore, is always positive. Let's do a simple calculation:
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