Java Bit Shift shiftLeft(final Character orig, final int shiftDistance)

Description

shift Left

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static Character shiftLeft(final Character orig, final int shiftDistance) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
//License from project: Open Source License 

public class Main {
    public static Character shiftLeft(final Character orig, final int shiftDistance) {
        return shiftCharacter(orig, shiftDistance, false);
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    public static Character shiftCharacter(final Character orig, final int shiftDistance,
            final boolean shiftRight) {
        int actualShiftDistance = shiftDistance % 26;
        char shifted = orig;

        int singleMove = 1;
        if (!shiftRight) {
            singleMove = -1;
        }

        if (Character.isLetter(orig)) {
            for (int i = 0; i < actualShiftDistance; i++) {
                shifted += singleMove;
                if (!Character.isLetter(shifted)) {
                    if (shiftRight) {
                        shifted = (char) (shifted - 26);
                    } else {
                        shifted = (char) (shifted + 26);
                    }

                }
            }
        }

        return shifted;
    }
}

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