BLSHIFT Function

Returns the bitwise logical left shift of two arguments.

Category:

Bitwise Logical Operations

Syntax

BLSHIFT(argument-1,argument-2)

specifies a numeric constant, variable, or expression.

Range

between 0 and (2³²)-1 inclusive

specifies a numeric constant, variable, or expression.

Range

0 to 31, inclusive

If either argument contains a missing value, then the function returns a missing value and sets _ERROR_ equal to 1.

The following SAS statements produce these results.

SAS Statement	Result
x=blshift(07x,2); put x=hex.;	x=0000001C