# Right Shift operator ( >> )

Shifts the bits within the left operand by the amount specified in the right operand. The bit on the right disappears.

Either a 0 or a 1 is shifted in on the left, depending on whether the integer is signed or unsigned. With unsigned integers, 0 is always shifted in on the left; with signed integers, a 0 is shifted in when the number is positive (i.e., the leftmost bit, the sign bit, is 0), and a 1 is shifted in when the number is negative (i.e., the leftmost bit, the sign bit, is 1). In other words, with signed integers, the sign of the number is always maintained.

## See also

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