Bitwise Operators

Bitwise operators act on operands as if they were strings of binary digits. They operate bit by bit, hence the name.

For example, 2 is 10 in binary and 7 is 111.

In the table below: Let x = 10 (0000 1010 in binary) and y = 4 (0000 0100 in binary)

Operator	Meaning	Example
&	Bitwise AND	x & y = 0 (0000 0000 in binary)
		Bitwise OR
^	Bitwise XOR	x ^ y = 14 (0000 1110 in binary)
~	Bitwise NOT	~x = -11 (1111 0101 in binary)
<<	Shift left	x << 2 = 40 (0010 1000 in binary)
>>	Shift right	x >> 2 = 2 (0000 0010 in binary)
>>>	Shift right with zero fill	x >>> 2 = 2 (0000 0010 in binary)