' Rotate a Long to the left the specified number of times'' NOTE: requires Power2()Function RotateLeft(ByVal value As Long, ByVal times As Long) As Long Dim i As Long, signBits As Long ' no need to rotate more times than required times = times Mod 32 ' return the number if it's a multiple of 32 If times = 0 Then RotateLeft = value: Exit Function For i = 1 To times ' remember the 2 most significant bits signBits = value And &HC0000000 ' clear those bit and shift to the left by one position value = (value And &H3FFFFFFF) * 2 ' if the number was negative, then add 1 ' if bit 30 was set, then set the sign bit value = value Or ((signBits < 0) And 1) Or (CBool(signBits And _ &H40000000) And &H80000000) Next RotateLeft = valueEnd Function


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