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Integer.RotateLeft(Int32, Int32) Method

Definition

Returns the value obtained by rotating the two's complement binary representation of the specified int value left by the specified number of bits.

[Android.Runtime.Register("rotateLeft", "(II)I", "")]
public static int RotateLeft (int i, int distance);
[<Android.Runtime.Register("rotateLeft", "(II)I", "")>]
static member RotateLeft : int * int -> int

Parameters

i
Int32

the value whose bits are to be rotated left

distance
Int32

the number of bit positions to rotate left

Returns

the value obtained by rotating the two's complement binary representation of the specified int value left by the specified number of bits.

Attributes

Remarks

Returns the value obtained by rotating the two's complement binary representation of the specified int value left by the specified number of bits. (Bits shifted out of the left hand, or high-order, side reenter on the right, or low-order.)

Note that left rotation with a negative distance is equivalent to right rotation: rotateLeft(val, -distance) == rotateRight(val, distance). Note also that rotation by any multiple of 32 is a no-op, so all but the last five bits of the rotation distance can be ignored, even if the distance is negative: rotateLeft(val, distance) == rotateLeft(val, distance & 0x1F).

Added in 1.5.

Java documentation for java.lang.Integer.rotateLeft(int, int).

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Applies to