Binary operators
Binary operators are used to perform bit-level operations. Each operator returns the numeric result of the operation:
- Binary and:
-band - Binary or:
-bor - Binary exclusive or:
-bxor - Binary not:
-bnot
Binary and
The result of -band is a number where each of the bits is set in both the value on the left and the value on the right.
In the following example, the result is 2:
11 -band 6
This operation can be shown in a table:
Bit value | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | |
Left-hand side | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Right-hand side | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Binary or
The result of -bor is a number where the bits are set in either the value on the left or right.
In the following example, the result is 15:
11 -bor 12
This operation can be shown in a table:
Bit value | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | |
Left-hand side | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Right-hand side | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Binary exclusive or
The result of -bxor is a number where the bits are set in either the value on the left, or the value on the right, but not both.
In the following example, the result is 11:
6 -bxor 13
This operation can be shown in a table:
Bit value... |
