What do >> and << mean in Python?

Question

I notice that I can do things like 2 << 5 to get 64 and 1000 >> 2 to get 250.

Also I can use >> in pri

Answer 1

These are bitwise shift operators.

Quoting from the docs:

x << y

Returns x with the bits shifted to the left by y places (and new bits on the right-hand-side are zeros). This is the same as multiplying x by 2**y.

x >> y

Returns x with the bits shifted to the right by y places. This is the same as dividing x by 2**y.