<div class="raw-html-embed">	<p>The <b>BITLSHIFT</b> function is one of the <a href="../../docs/userguides/spreadsheet_editor/InsertFunction.aspx#engineering" onclick="onhyperlinkclick(this)">engineering functions</a>. It is used to return a number shifted left by the specified number of bits.</p>

	<h5 class="pt8">Syntax</h5>
	<p><b><em>BITLSHIFT(number, shift_amount)</em></b></p>
	<p>The <b>BITLSHIFT</b> function has the following arguments:</p>
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				<th style="background-color: #f4f4f4" width="150ch"><b>Argument</b></th>
				<th style="background-color: #f4f4f4"><b>Description</b></th>
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				<td><b><em>number</em></b></td>
				<td>An integer greater than or equal to 0.</td>
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				<td><b><em>shift_amount</em></b></td>
				<td>A number of bits by which you want to shift <b><em>number</em></b>, an integer.</td>
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		</tbody>
	</table>

	<h5 class="pt8">Notes</h5>
	<p>Shifting a number left is equivalent to adding zeros (0) to the right of the binary representation of the number.</p>
	<p><a href="../../docs/userguides/spreadsheet_editor/InsertFunction.aspx#howtoapplyfunctions_block" onclick="onhyperlinkclick(this)">How to apply</a> the <b>BITLSHIFT</b> function.</p>

	<h5 class="pt8">Examples</h5>
	<p>The figure below displays the result returned by the <b>BITLSHIFT</b> function.</p>
	<p><img alt="BITLSHIFT Function" src="https://static-helpcenter.onlyoffice.com/bitlshift_361ced1a90.png"></p></div>

BITLSHIFT function

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Argument	Description
*number*	An integer greater than or equal to 0.
*shift_amount*	A number of bits by which you want to shift *number*, an integer.

BITLSHIFT function

Syntax

Notes

Examples

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