Bitwise Operators¶
Bitwise operators are used to perform bitwise operations on binary patterns.
Python supports below Bitwise operators.
- Bitwise AND
- Bitwise OR
- Bitwise NOT
- Bitwise XOR
- Bitwise right shift
- Bitwise left shift
a = 11
b = 2
print(a & b)
print(a | b)
Output¶
2
11
Lets do a step by step break down of the output¶
a = 11 -> Bitwise representation -> 00001011
b = 2 -> Bitwise representation -> 00000010
a & b performs AND operation on each bit. Performing AND on each bit will return 00000010
a | b performs OR operation on each bit. Performing OR on each bit will return 00001011
Try by yourself¶
a = 12, b = 4
Write a program to return the output of a & b and understand how the output is generated.