Bitwise, Binary Shift, and Miscellaneous Operators

You will explore the bitwise and binary shift operators in C#. These operators let you manipulate individual bits within numbers, enabling various binary-level operations. You will see how they work through practical examples and learn how binary shift operations can offer computational advantages. Let's begin by setting up the project and exploring the basic concepts behind these operators.

Exploring bitwise and binary shift operators

Bitwise operators affect the bits in a number. Binary shift operators can perform some common arithmetic calculations much faster than traditional operators, for example, any multiplication by a factor of 2.

Let’s explore bitwise and binary shift operators:

Step 1: Use your preferred coding tool to add a new “Console App/console” project named BitwiseAndShiftOperators to the Chapter03 workspace/solution.

• In Visual Studio Code, select BitwiseAndShiftOperators as the active OmniSharp project. When the pop-up warning message says that required assets are missing, click “Yes” to add them.

Step 2: In the Program.cs, delete the existing statements, then type statements to declare two integer variables with values $$ ...