Can't bit shift characters?

Question

Aren't they treated as binaries? or bits?

Answer 1

left shift and right shift are nothing but dividing and multiplying by 2 , so u get the corresponding character for the doubled or halfed value, as in Martin's example
32 for space
x<<1, ( means multiplied by 2 one times ) hence
64 so @

Answer 2

what do you mean by bit shift characters as far as i know you can only shift bits(not bit shift char).

Answer 3

But why can you bit shift integers?
6 << 1 returns 12

Answer 4

That only applies to certain languages, I'll try and tell you if it works when I convert it to string

Answer 5

Hey it worked lmao