[Tutor] Extracting bits from an array

[Alan Gauld]

On 29/04/16 20:47, Anish Kumar wrote:

>> Is the number of bits fixed to four? If so you can shift the bits to the 
>> right:
>>
>>>>> y = [v>>2 for v in x]
> 
> Right shifting is well defined in Python?

Yes, Python has good support for all the common bitwise
operations, including the shift right/left operators.
Read the documentation for the limitations.

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