ISHA (integer, shift) Class: Elemental function - Generic Arithmetically shifts an integer left or right by a specified number of bits. The "shift" is of type integer; it is the direction and distance of shift. The result type is the same as "integer". If "shift" is positive, the shift is to the left; if "shift" is negative, the shift is to the right. If "shift" is zero, no shift is performed. Bits shifted out from the left or from the right, as appropriate, are lost. If the shift is to the left, zeros are shifted in on the right. If the shift is to the right, copies of the sign bit (0 for non-negative "integer"; 1 for negative "integer") are shifted in on the left. The kind of integer is important in arithmetic shifting because sign varies among integer representations (see the following example). If you want to shift a one-byte or two-byte argument, you must declare it as INTEGER(1) or INTEGER(2). Examples: Consider the following: INTEGER(1) i, res1 INTEGER(2) j, res2 i = -128 ! equal to 10000000 j = -32768 ! equal to 10000000 00000000 res1 = ISHA (i, -4) ! returns 11111000 = -8 res2 = ISHA (j, -4) ! returns 11111000 00000000 = -2048