bitwise shift?

[Michael Hoffman]

desktop wrote:
> I have found a code example with this loop.
> 
> for k in range(10, 25):
>       n = 1 << k;
> 
> 
> I have never read Python before but is it correct that 1 get multiplied 
> with the numbers 10,11,12,12,...,25

No.

> assuming that 1 << k means "1 shift left by k"

Yes.

> which is the same as multiplying with k.

No.

Try starting the Python interpreter and entering 1 << 10.
-- 
Michael Hoffman