# Concatenating bit strings

**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/concatenating-bit-strings/54950
**Category:** New to Julia
**Tags:** strings
**Created:** [February 9, 2021, 7:13pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/concatenating-bit-strings/54950 "2021-02-09T19:13:55Z")
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### Author: ![Jeff\_Emanuel](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/jeff_emanuel/32/15440_2.png) [@Jeff\_Emanuel](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Jeff_Emanuel)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2021, 7:19pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/concatenating-bit-strings/54950/2 "2021-02-09T19:19:16Z")

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```julia
julia> UInt128(0x01) << 64 | UInt128(0x02)
0x00000000000000010000000000000002

```

Of course, you could use smaller sized values if your largest expected bit strings fit.

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