Unsigned right shift assignment (>>>=)

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This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.

The unsigned right shift assignment (>>>=) operator performs unsigned right shift on the two operands and assigns the result to the left operand.

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Syntax

js
x >>>= y

Description

x >>>= y is equivalent to x = x >>> y, except that the expression x is only evaluated once.

Examples

Using unsigned right shift assignment

js
let a = 5; // (00000000000000000000000000000101)
a >>>= 2; // 1 (00000000000000000000000000000001)

let b = -5; // (-00000000000000000000000000000101)
b >>>= 2; // 1073741822 (00111111111111111111111111111110)

let c = 5n;
c >>>= 2n; // 1n

Specifications

Specification
ECMAScript Language Specification
# sec-assignment-operators

Browser compatibility

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