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SarShortint function

In unit System

8-bit Shift Arithmetic Right.

Declaration

pascal
function SarShortint(const AValue: ShortInt; const Shift: Byte=1)
: ShortInt

Description

SarShortint performs an arithmetic right shift for Shift positions on an 8-bit integer AValue and returns the result. Shift is optional, and is 1 by default. The difference with the regular Shr shift operation is that the leftmost bit is preserved during the shift operation.

See also

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