>Hi Everybody,
>
>I would like to shift a number between 0-255 to the left 24 times. When I do the following for example:
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>

? bitlshift(0xff, 24)

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>I should get: 4278190080
>
>However, I get the following number instead:
>-16777216
>
>How can I correct it?
>
>Thank you,
>Ali

The correct expression for transform a signed into unsigned it is:

? (0x100000000+bitlshift(0xFF, 24))%0x100000000
? (0x100000000+bitlshift(0x7F, 24))%0x100000000