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title: Right shift
slug: WebAssembly/Reference/Numeric/Right_shift

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The shr instructions, short for shift-right, are used for performing a bitwise right-shift, similar to the >>> operator in other languages.

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Syntax

;; load two numbers onto the stack
i32.const 7   ;; 00000111
i32.const 1   ;; right shift one spot

;; perform a bitwise right-shift
i32.shr_u

;; the top item on the stack will now be 3 (00000011)

Instruction	Binary opcode
i32.shr_s	0x75
i32.shr_u	0x76
i64.shr_s	0x87
i64.shr_u	0x88