a = intmax('uint8');
s1 = 'Initial uint8 value %5d is %08s in binary\n';
s2 = 'Shifted uint8 value %5d is %08s in binary\n';
fprintf(s1,a,dec2bin(a))
Initial uint8 value 255 is 11111111 in binary
for i = 1:8
a = bitshift(a,1);
fprintf(s2,a,dec2bin(a))
end
Shifted uint8 value 254 is 11111110 in binary
Shifted uint8 value 252 is 11111100 in binary
Shifted uint8 value 248 is 11111000 in binary
Shifted uint8 value 240 is 11110000 in binary
Shifted uint8 value 224 is 11100000 in binary
Shifted uint8 value 192 is 11000000 in binary
Shifted uint8 value 128 is 10000000 in binary
Shifted uint8 value 0 is 00000000 in binary