What do “>>” and “<<” mean in Javascript?

Question

I have a piece of Javascript code I\'m trying to understand

// read big-endian (network byte order) 32-bit float
readFloat32 = function(data, offset) {
    v         


        

Answer 1

You can read about the operators here: https://developer.mozilla.org/en/JavaScript/Reference/operators/bitwise_operators

They are bit shifts and also occur in languages other than JS.

Example: 5 >> 1 = 2

binary: 0101 shifting one position = 0010