>> shift question

[Moya Green]

Question: What is the result of the following fragment of code?
(byte)0x81 >> 2
A. 0x20
B. 0x3FFFFFE0
C. 0xE0
D. 0xFFFFFFE0
Answer is D. I understand the complier will widen the byte to an int before performing the shift, but could not figure out the result. Please help me. Many thanks.
Moya

[Dan Chisholm]

(byte)0x81 >> 2
0x81 = 1000 0001
It is first converted to an int before the shift.
11111111 11111111 11111111 10000001
After the shift it is as follows.
11111111 11111111 11111111 1110 0000 = 0xFFFFFFE0

[Moya Green]

Dan,
Thank you very much. I was stuck in the step to modify
1000 0001 -->11111111 11111111 11111111 10000001. I thought "0" was added before 1000 0001. Anyway, I understand it now. I appreciate your help!
Moya