>> << operator in Python

Question

Please help me to getting clear with << >> operator in Python. Here’s the code that “knocks me out”:
x = 5
print(x>>2<<x)
And the output is 32.
I found that x<<y it’s x*2**2 and that x>>y it’s x//2**y, but it doesn’t work. I can’t get it even mathematically..

Answer 1

For the studying purposes represent your number as binary:
5 -> 00000101
1. Now shift it right to 2 positions (x>>2) as it is written in first half of your example:
00000101 >>2 -> 00000001 (we 'lost' rightmost '1').
So we've got 00000001 (1).
2. Now shift the result left to 5 positions (as in your example's second half (<<x), assuming that x equals 5:
00000001 << 5 -> 00100000
So we have 00100000 nowm which is 32 in decimal.