The >> operator is essentially a divide by a power of 2, so for example x >> 3 is the same as x / (2 * 2 * 2), which turns out as x / 8. It doesn't do anything useful on strings (or any other arrays).
[In C++ the >> operator, and the complementary << operator, are used as a way to input and output (respectively) data from/to the console, as alternatives to scanf and printf - but in standard C, that's not meaningful at all. ]
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