Bitwise right shift >> in Objective-C

Question

I have a variable (unsigned int) part_1.

If I do this: NSLog(@"%u %08x", part_1, part_1); (print unsigned value, and hex value) it outputs:

2063597568 7b000000

(only first two will have values).

I want to convert this to

0000007b

So i've tried doing unsigned int part_1b = part_1 >> 6 (and lots of variations)

But this outputs:

32243712 01ec0000

Where am i going wrong?

Answer 1

You want to shift by 6*4 = 24 bits, not just 6 bits. Each '0' in the hex printf represents 4 bits.

unsigned int part_1b = part_1 >> 24;
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