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