Shift Left

Bitwise left shift on an integer signal: out = in << shift. Equivalent to multiplying by 2^shift (overflow bits past the MSB are discarded).

Category: Digital Logic / Bits

Keywords: shl, <<, shift, left shift, left-shift, bit, bitwise, multiply

Ports

Name	Direction	Value type	Notes
in	input	int
out	output	int

Parameters

Name	Label	Type	Default	Units	Description
shift	Shift	int	1	—	Number of bit positions to shift left. out = in << shift. Equivalent to multiplying by 2^shift; bits shifted past the MSB are discarded.

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Implemented in C++ class SimCompCtlShl (components/control/CSim_comp_ctl_shl/sim_comp_ctl_shl.h).