On Aug 25, 2011, at 23:33 , Rob Biedenharn wrote: > On Aug 25, 2011, at 4:54 PM, Tom Meinlschmidt wrote: > >>>> 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 > > If first_payment_in_series_date was an Integer, then that might be the case, > but I'd suspect that a Date is much more likely with that name. > > Look for the documentation for Date#>> > > -Rob > > (posted so future readers will not be lead too far astray)
you're right. When date, it moves by months, I've overlooked the _date in variable name tom > >> 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. >> > > Rob Biedenharn http://agileconsultingllc.com > [email protected] > +1 513-295-4739 > Skype: rob.biedenharn > > > -- > 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.
