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-====== RSHIFT ====== 
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-The ''RSHIFT()'' function returns a number bit-shifted //<n>// positions to the right. 
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-===== Function header ===== 
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-  DECLARE FUNCTION RSHIFT AS BYTE (num AS BYTE, n AS BYTE) SHARED STATIC INLINE 
-  DECLARE FUNCTION RSHIFT AS INT (num AS INT, n AS BYTE) OVERRIDE SHARED STATIC INLINE 
-  DECLARE FUNCTION RSHIFT AS WORD (num AS WORD, n AS BYTE) OVERRIDE SHARED STATIC INLINE 
-  DECLARE FUNCTION RSHIFT AS LONG (num AS LONG, n AS BYTE) OVERRIDE SHARED STATIC INLINE 
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-Each bit in the number will be moved //<n>// positions to the right. The most significant bit will be filled with zero, whereas the least significant bit will be discarded. 
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-<adm note> 
-Since ''RSHIFT(number, n)'' equals ''number / pow(2, n)'', the function is especially useful if you want to divide a number with powers of two. Bit shifting is carried out much faster than the division operation. 
-</adm> 
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-===== Example ===== 
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-  PRINT RSHIFT(82, 1) : REM outputs 41 
-  PRINT RSHIFT(%11110000, 4) : REM outputs 15 (binary 00001111) 
-  PRINT RSHIFT(%00000001, 1) : REM outputs 0 because the LSB is discarded 
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-===== See also ===== 
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-  * [[LSHIFT]] 
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