How do I do a right and left shift in vb.net?

[Sylonious]

C#:
(data[position++] << 8)
vb.NET?
How do I do a right shift and a left shift like this one in vb.net?
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[Volte]

Divide by two is the same as shifting the bits right once, multiply by two is the same as shifting left once.

If you have VB.NET 2003, however, VB has << and >> operators.

 

[Sylonious]

So (data[position++] ) /256 would be wrong for shifting right 8?

 

[Volte]

The / 256 part is right, but you cant do

data[position++] in VB.

... data(position) / 256
position += 1