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How to assign bit shift to a variable? 1

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whn

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Oct 14, 2007
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I know this line works:
Code:
print "OK!! Child($$, $pid) $res ended with ", $? >> 8; print "\n";

But how do I assign the line above into a variable? e.g.
Code:
$logMsg .= "OK!! Child($$, $pid) $res ended with ", $? >> 8;
$logMsg .= "\n";

While compiling it, I got this:
Code:
Useless use of right bitshift (>>) in void context at...

How to make it work? Thanks for the help.
 
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