>> means bit shift eg
8 >> 3 means shift value by 3 bits to the right .. result is 1 (8 = 1000b, after shift is 0001b = 1) opposite is << … 1 << 3 = 8 tom ps: in asm it is shl or shr On Aug 25, 2011, at 22:12 , nate hunter wrote: > What does this ">>" mean? As in... > > first_payment_in_series_date >> 3 > > I have never used this nor have i seen it before. > > -- > Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en. -- =============================================================================== Tomas Meinlschmidt, MS {MCT, MCP+I, MCSE, AER}, NetApp Filer/NetCache www.meinlschmidt.com www.maxwellrender.cz www.lightgems.cz =============================================================================== -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
