The BITRSHIFT function shifts the bits of the input a certain number of places to the right. Bits on the left are filled with zeroes.

Parts of a BITRSHIFT function

BITRSHIFT(value, shift_amount)

PartDescriptionNotes
valueThe number to be shifted.* The given value must be a non-negative number.
shift_amountThe number of places to shift the given value.* The given number must be a number from -52 to 53. * Entering a negative value is effectively a BITLSHIFT function.

Sample formulas

BITRSHIFT(18, 2)

BITRSHIFT(A2, 4)

Notes

Values don’t necessarily have to be numbers. Instead, they may be coerced. For example, a string value of “3” can be coerced to be simply 3, and a Boolean value of TRUE can be coerced to 1.

Examples

In the following example, we use BITRSHIFT with values inlined into the function. The value 8 (represented as 1000 in base 2) has its bits shifted right by the shift amount of 2, resulting in 2 (represented as 10 in base 2):

AB
1Formula
2=BITRSHIFT(8, 2)

In the next example, a value of 8 being shifted by 2 results in a BITRSHIFT of 2. However, this time we use cell references to use as our values:

ABC
1FormulaResult
2=BITRSHIFT(C2, C3)2
3

BITLSHIFT: The BITLSHIFT function shifts the bits of the input a certain number of places to the left. Bits on the right are filled with zeroes (0s).