difference between JavaScript bit-wise operator code and Python bit-wise operator code

Question

I have converted JavaScript code which uses bit-wise operators in that code to Python code, but there is one problem when i do this in JavaScript and Python

412287 << 10

then I get this 422181888 same results in both languages. but when i do this in both

424970184 << 10

then i get different results in both of the languages 1377771520 in JavaScript and 435169468416 in Python

can anybody help me with this? any help would be appreciated.

Taufiq Rahman · Accepted Answer · 2021-01-12T13:14:13.243

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If you want the JavaScript equivalent value then what you can do is :

import ctypes

print(ctypes.c_int(424970184 << 10 ^ 0).value)

Output:

1377771520

edited Jan 12 '21 at 13:14

answered Jan 12 '17 at 10:09

Taufiq Rahman

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Hi @Achilles thank you for your answer, I have tried this and it is working, will it work for >> operator as well? – VASIM SETA Jan 12 '17 at 10:20
Yes,this would get the same overflow behavior as Javascript. – Taufiq Rahman Jan 12 '17 at 10:25
Thanks @Achilles, last question will it work for all bit-wise operators? like ^ operator? – VASIM SETA Jan 12 '17 at 10:28
Yes it should work without a problem as it's only limiting the unlimited integer precision of Python. – Taufiq Rahman Jan 12 '17 at 10:29
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Thank you @Achilles for your all replies, it helps me a lot. – VASIM SETA Jan 12 '17 at 10:36

score 4 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:13

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As stated in this SO answer, in javascript the bitwise operators and shift operators operate on 32-bit ints, and your second example overflows the 32 bit capacity, so the python equivalent would be:

(424970184 << 10) & 0x7FFFFFFF

(you get a "modulo"/"masked" value with the signed 32 bit integer mask, not the actual value)

In Python there's no limit in capacity for integers, so you get the actual value.

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answered Jan 12 '17 at 10:05

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Afaik, JavaScript uses 54 bits to represent numbers. – Willem Van Onsem Jan 12 '17 at 10:05
but `(424970184 << 10) & (2**53-1)` yields `435169468416` – Jean-François Fabre Jan 12 '17 at 10:06
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Ah but the bitwise operators operate on 32 bits. But an int itself has storage for 54 bits. – Willem Van Onsem Jan 12 '17 at 10:09
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just checked my self. Thanks for pointing this out, my answer would have been incorrect without that info. – Jean-François Fabre Jan 12 '17 at 10:09
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@WillemVanOnsem: JavaScript numbers are actually double-precision (8 byte) floats, not ints. Doubles can represent integers up to 2^53 exactly, just like a 54-bit int could, but that's not what they are. – RemcoGerlich Jan 12 '17 at 10:14
Thank you @Jean-François Fabre for your fast reply! – VASIM SETA Jan 12 '17 at 10:21

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