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bitwise left shift (<<)
Moves all of the bits of num1 to the left by num2 places. Each place shifted is equivalent to multiplying by 2.
Syntax
num1 << num2
Return Type
Integer
Examples
select 8<<1, bin(8), bin(8<<1);
+------+--------+-----------+
| 8<<1 | bin(8) | bin(8<<1) |
+------+--------+-----------+
| 16 | 1000 | 10000 |
+------+--------+-----------+
select 7<<1, bin(7), bin(7<<1);
+------+--------+-----------+
| 7<<1 | bin(7) | bin(7<<1) |
+------+--------+-----------+
| 14 | 111 | 1110 |
+------+--------+-----------+
