Is it better to bitshift a value than to multiply by 2?

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Umasankar Natarajan

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yes, Bitshift will be fast process when compare to arithemetic operation. In order to multiply you need to use right shift.
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no not necessary ,don't focus on such optimization compiler will take care of it.
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yes in bitshifting operation, u know the shifting position of bit
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Bitshift will increase time complexity in comparison with to multiply by 2. As usually the literals are represented by at least 8 bits (ASCII). Therefore, at least 8 iterations will perform one task which is far more than multiplication statement.
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Yes, bitshift is faster than multiplication and division which follows algorithm that is booth's multiplication.
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