bitwise shift?

[Thomas Krüger]

desktop schrieb:
> 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 assuming that 1 << k means "1 shift
> left by k" which is the same as multiplying with k.


1 << n
is a more efficient replacement for
2**n

Thomas

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