Edit - Stack Overflow

You are not logged in. Your edit will be placed in a queue until it is peer reviewed.

We welcome edits that make the post easier to understand and more valuable for readers. Because community members review edits, please try to make the post substantially better than how you found it, for example, by fixing grammar or adding additional resources and hyperlinks.

Required fields*

Rev

It's also worth nothing that this will work regardless of the most significant bit and more efficient compared to the other answers. Also could use '>>'.

algolicious
– algolicious

2012-07-23 15:20:20 +00:00
Commented Jul 23, 2012 at 15:20
2

A direct solution like this is certainly faster than calling any library method. Sometimes you just have to fiddle with the the bits directly with a few lines of code rather than incurring all the extra overhead of library method calls.

David R Tribble
– David R Tribble

2016-02-09 16:28:06 +00:00
Commented Feb 9, 2016 at 16:28
And this converts between languages well so is good for multi language software development.

The Coordinator
– The Coordinator

2019-11-22 22:35:38 +00:00
Commented Nov 22, 2019 at 22:35

Add a comment |

Correct minor typos or mistakes
Clarify meaning without changing it
Add related resources or links
Always respect the author’s intent
Don’t use edits to reply to the author

create code fences with backticks ` or tildes ~
```
like so
```
add language identifier to highlight code
```python
def function(foo):
print(foo)
```
put returns between paragraphs
for linebreak add 2 spaces at end
_italic_ or **bold**
indent code by 4 spaces
backtick escapes `like _so_`
quote by placing > at start of line
to make links (use https whenever possible)

<https://example.com>

[example](https://example.com)

<a href="https://example.com">example</a>

formatting help »
answering help »

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow