How do Shift Operators work?

Question

Pls I am just beginning to write simple programs in java,
and would like to know how precisely shift operators
(e.g >> << >>>) work.
Thank you in anticipation.

Answer 1

I am a student, and have read my notes yet could not be
clear about the shift operators actually work (function).
Pls assist!Here's a start:
Compile and run the following line:System.out.println("33 << 4 == "+(33 << 4));which should print something like this:33 << 4 == 528Now, if you write down the binary representations of the numbers 33 and 528, you'll get: 33 == 00000000 00000000 00000000 00100001
528 == 00000000 00000000 00000010 00010000 Do you now see how the 4 is related to the operation?