What does the >> operator do in Python?

It is a bitwise right shift operator. The bit pattern is shifted towards right by number of places stipulated by operand on right. Bits on left are set to 0

For example a=60 (00111100 in binary), a>>2 will result in 15 (00001111 in binary)

>>> a=60
>>> bin(a)result #39;0b111100'
>>> b=a>>2
>>> bin(b)
'0b1111'

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Updated on: 26-Feb-2020

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