Bitwise Operator

Bitwise operators are used for manipulating a data at the bit level, also called as bit level programming. Bit-level programming mainly consists of 0 and 1.

OperatorDescriptionExample
& Binary ANDOperator copies a bit to the result if it exists in both operandsa & b
| Binary ORIt copies a bit if it exists in either operanda | b
^ Binary XORIt copies the bit if it is set in one operand but not botha ^ b
~ Binary Ones ComplementIt is unary and has the effect of 'flipping' bits~a
<< Binary Left ShiftThe left operands value is moved left by the number of bits specified by the right operanda <<1
>> Binary Right ShiftThe left operands value is moved right by the number of bits specified by the right operanda >> 2

Bitwise Operator - Program Link

# Python Bitwise Operator
a=int(input())
b=int(input())
print("Bitwise AND ",a&b)
print("Bitwise OR",a|b)
print("Bitwise XOR",a^b)
print("Bitwise Not",~a)
print("Bitwise Left Shift 1:",a<<1)
print("Bitwise Right Shift 1:",a>>1)

Output

Bitwise AND 0
Bitwise OR 6
Bitwise XOR 6
Bitwise Not -5
Bitwise Left Shift 1: 8
Bitwise Right Shift 1: 2

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