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hexadecimal or base-16 - a counting system in which each digit can take on one of 16 values, usually using the symbols 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, A, B, C, D, E, F. Often used in computer programming because each digit maps directly to a group of 4 binary digits (bits).

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Intuitive bitshift in hex

In binary, bitshifting is pretty straight forward for example, a binary number of: 10000001 with a left bit shift of 1 becomes : 00000010 However in Hex, a hex number of: 1051 with a left bitshift … of 1 becomes: 20a2 Is there an intuitive way to calculate bitshift in hexdecimal, or is it simply easiest to convert from hex to binary, apply the bitshift, and convert from binary back in to hex decimal …