BITLSHIFT function

The BITLSHIFT function shifts the bits of the input a certain number of places to the left. Bits on the right are filled with zeroes (0s).

Parts of a BITLSHIFT function

BITLSHIFT(value,shift_amount)

Part Description Notes
value The number to be shifted. Must be a non-negative number.
shift_amount The number of places to shift. Must be a value between -53 and 53, inclusive. Supplying a negative value will effectively be a BITRSHIFT.

Sample formulas

BITLSHIFT(9, 2)
BITLSHIFT(A2, 4)

Notes

  • Values don't necessarily have to be numbers.
  • Values may be coerced. For example, a string value of "3" can be coerced to be simply 3 and a boolean value of TRUE can be coerced to 1.

Examples

In this example, we use BITLSHIFT with values inlined into the function. The value 2 (represented as 10 in base 2) has its bits shifted left by the shift_amount of 2, resulting in 8 (represented as 1000 in base 2).

A B
1 Formula Result
2 =BITLSHIFT(2,2) 8


Similar to the last example, a value of 2 being shifted by 2 results in a BITLSHIFT of 8. However, in this example, we use cell references to grab our values.

A B C
1 Formula Result Reference cells
2 =BITLSHIFT(C2,C3) 8 2

Related functions

BITRSHIFT: The BITRSHIFT function shifts the bits of the input a certain number of places to the right. Bits on the left are filled with zeroes (0s).

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