parameters: (self, a, b)
return_statement: return a.shift(b, context=self)
docstring: Returns a shifted copy of a, b times.
  
          The coefficient of the result is a shifted copy of the digits
          in the coefficient of the first operand.  The number of places
          to shift is taken from the absolute value of the second operand,
          with the shift being to the left if the second operand is
          positive or to the right otherwise.  Digits shifted into the
          coefficient are zeros.
  
          >>> ExtendedContext.shift(Decimal('34'), Decimal('8'))
          Decimal('400000000')
          >>> ExtendedContext.shift(Decimal('12'), Decimal('9'))
          Decimal('0')
          >>> ExtendedContext.shift(Decimal('123456789'), Decimal('-2'))
          Decimal('1234567')
          >>> ExtendedContext.shift(Decimal('123456789'), Decimal('0'))
          Decimal('123456789')
          >>> ExtendedContext.shift(Decimal('123456789'), Decimal('+2'))
          Decimal('345678900')
          >>> ExtendedContext.shift(88888888, 2)
          Decimal('888888800')
          >>> ExtendedContext.shift(Decimal(88888888), 2)
          Decimal('888888800')
          >>> ExtendedContext.shift(88888888, Decimal(2))
          Decimal('888888800')
docstring_summary: Returns a shifted copy of a, b times.
docstring_tokens: Returns a shifted copy of a b times .
function: def shift(self, a, b):
          """Returns a shifted copy of a, b times.
  
          The coefficient of the result is a shifted copy of the digits
          in the coefficient of the first operand.  The number of places
          to shift is taken from the absolute value of the second operand,
          with the shift being to the left if the second operand is
          positive or to the right otherwise.  Digits shifted into the
          coefficient are zeros.
  
          >>> ExtendedContext.shift(Decimal('34'), Decimal('8'))
          Decimal('400000000')
          >>> ExtendedContext.shift(Decimal('12'), Decimal('9'))
          Decimal('0')
          >>> ExtendedContext.shift(Decimal('123456789'), Decimal('-2'))
          Decimal('1234567')
          >>> ExtendedContext.shift(Decimal('123456789'), Decimal('0'))
          Decimal('123456789')
          >>> ExtendedContext.shift(Decimal('123456789'), Decimal('+2'))
          Decimal('345678900')
          >>> ExtendedContext.shift(88888888, 2)
          Decimal('888888800')
          >>> ExtendedContext.shift(Decimal(88888888), 2)
          Decimal('888888800')
          >>> ExtendedContext.shift(88888888, Decimal(2))
          Decimal('888888800')
          """
          a = _convert_other(a, raiseit=True)
          return a.shift(b, context=self)
function_tokens: def shift ( self , a , b ) : a = _convert_other ( a , raiseit = True ) return a . shift ( b , context = self )