Thread: switch case

Hello,

I'm altering a code witch contains the following:

switch (variable>>8)

The problem is that the switch only contains case 0 to 5 and default. Can anyone explain what ">>" means is this case, I can't seem to find it on the internet.

(The code compiles and the program works.)

Thanks!

Originally Posted by Tiemer

Hello,

I'm altering a code witch contains the following:

switch (variable>>8)

The problem is that the switch only contains case 0 to 5 and default. Can anyone explain what ">>" means is this case, I can't seem to find it on the internet.

(The code compiles and the program works.)

Thanks!

It's the functional equivalent of variable /= 256;

Thank you both for the quick answers!

Originally Posted by Tiemer

I appreciate your comment but I still can't figure out what this command does. Is it that the 16 bit variable becomes a 8 bit variable witch contains the highest 8 bits of the original value?

Ok... original value 00000111 01111111 now we bit shift it 8 places right (>> 8) and we get 00000000 00000111 (assuming the original value was unsigned and/or non-negative)

It's a way of accessing the high byte of a word...