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# Bitwise Left Shift

## Syntax

```swift
x << y
```

## Explanation

Where `x` is a 32-bit integer, appends `y` zeros to the binary representation of `x`

## Examples

```javascript
1 << 2  // 1 (1) -> 100 (4)
2 << 4  // 2 (10) -> 100000 (32)
```