NumPy - right_shift() function

The Bitwise right shift operator (>>) takes the two numbers and right shift the bits of first operand by number of place specified by second operand. For example: for right shifting the bits of x by y places, the expression (x>>y) can be used. It is equivalent to dividing x by 2^y.

The example below describes how right shift operator works:

1000 >> 2 returns 250

                      (In Binary)
   1000         ->    1111101000  
   >> 2                     |  right shift the bits
   -----                    V  by 2 places
    250         <-      11111010 
                      (In Binary) 

The NumPy right_shift() function shifts the bits of an integer to the right. Bits are shifted to the right y. This operation is equivalent to dividing x by 2^y. This ufunc implements the C/Python operator >>.

Syntax

numpy.right_shift(x, y, out=None)

Parameters

Return Value

Returns x with bits shifted y times to the right. This is a scalar if both x and y are scalars.

Example:

In the example below, the right_shift() function is used to compute the right shift operation using two scalars.

import numpy as np

x = 1000
y = 2

#right shift operation
z = np.right_shift(x, y)

#Displaying the result
print("z =", z)

The output of the above code will be:

z = 250

Example:

The right_shift() function can be used with arrays where it computes the right shift operation of the array element-wise.

import numpy as np

x = np.array([[100, 200],[300, 400]])
y = np.array([[0, 1],[2, 3]])

#right shift operation
z = np.right_shift(x, y)

#Displaying the result
print("z =")
print(z)

The output of the above code will be:

z =
[[100 100]
 [ 75  50]]