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[ramsavi]

result = result << 8;

What does it mean?

[vlad from moscow]

It means the following

result <<= 8;

:)

[eklavya sharma 2]

x<<y means 'x multiplied by 2 raised to the power y'.

<< is the bitwise shift operator

suppose a number 'x' in binary looks like this
00000110

Then x<<1 is 00001100 and x<<2 is 00011000.