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>>This guide will introduce you to the operator in Java . To understand this concept, you need to be familiar with some lower-level computing concepts. For example, bits, bytes, etc. Let's take a deeper look.

>>Operators in Java

In Java, >>the operator is the right shift operator. It shifts the given bit pattern to the right. For example, if you are familiar with bits, you know that the shifter shifts the bit pattern.

Take a look at the following example.

Let
X=0110101;
X>>1
Shift the bytes by 1, and the result will be
0110101
0011010   

Let
Y = 00111011
So when you do, x >> 2, 
result in x = 00001110

If you look at this example, you will notice a shift of one bit. After the shift, the value 0110101of changes to 0011010.

>>The operator works the same way in Java. We will see how it works and how you can write code for this purpose. Take a look.

public static void main(String[] args) {
  byte val = 100;
  // binary of 100 is 1100100
  val = (byte) (val >> 2); // shifting by two bits
  System.out.println(val);
  // after running the above code, the bits in binary will shift and it will look
  // like this, 0011001 which is equal to number 25 in decimals.
}

The above code is self-explanatory. We give a byte value 100. The machine will work in binary numbers and will 100read as 1100100.

Output:

25

After shifting it right two places, it will look like , which is equal to decimal 25. This is what the operator does 0011001in Java .>>