Simulate Bitwise Shift Operators in Lua

[ishkabible]

bit shifts are easy in Lua, it's bitwise and, or, and not that are tough.

to get x=y<<by you simply use

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x=y*2^by

to get x=y>>by you simply use

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x=floor(y/2^by)

simple and fast

[BlackBulletIV]

Lol. From the first post:

I've found a way to simulate the bitwise shift operators in Lua, by just using some simple mathematics. I've posted a blog post about it, so I'll direct you to there for details. But for those who don't want to read a few paragraphs, here's a couple lines of code that should help:

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number * 2 ^ leftShiftValue -- same as number << leftShiftValue
math.floor(number / 2 ^ rightShiftValue) -- same as number >> rightShiftValue