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Bitwise Operator in C

The document discusses various bitwise operators in C programming language. It explains that bitwise operators perform operations on data at the bit level and consist of two digits, 0 or 1. It then lists and defines common bitwise operators like &, |, ^, ~, <<, >>. It provides truth tables and examples to illustrate how each operator works by manipulating the bits of binary representations of integers. Specifically, it explains that & performs a logical AND, | performs a logical OR, ^ performs an exclusive OR, ~ performs a complement, << performs a left shift and >> performs a right shift.

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Bitwise Operator in C

The document discusses various bitwise operators in C programming language. It explains that bitwise operators perform operations on data at the bit level and consist of two digits, 0 or 1. It then lists and defines common bitwise operators like &, |, ^, ~, <<, >>. It provides truth tables and examples to illustrate how each operator works by manipulating the bits of binary representations of integers. Specifically, it explains that & performs a logical AND, | performs a logical OR, ^ performs an exclusive OR, ~ performs a complement, << performs a left shift and >> performs a right shift.

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Bitwise Operator in C

Bitwise Operator:

 The bitwise operators are the operators used to perform the operations on
the data at the bit-level. When we perform the bitwise operations, then it is
also known as bit-level programming. It consists of two digits, either 0 or 1. It
is mainly used in numerical computations to make the calculations faster.
We have different types of bitwise operators in the C programming language. The
following is the list of the bitwise operators:

Operator Meaning of operator


& Bitwise AND operator
| Bitwise OR operator
^ Bitwise exclusive OR operator
~ One's complement operator
(unary operator)
<< Left shift operator
>> Right shift operator
Let's look at the truth table of the bitwise operators.

X Y X&Y X|Y X^Y

0 0 0 0 0

0 1 0 1 1

1 0 0 1 1

1 1 1 1 0
Bitwise AND operator
 Bitwise AND operator is denoted by the single ampersand sign (&). Two integer operands
are written on both sides of the (&) operator. If the corresponding bits of both the operands
are 1, then the output of the bitwise AND operation is 1; otherwise, the output would be 0.
 For example:
We have two variables a and b.
a =6;
b=4;
The binary representation of the above two variables are given below:
a = 0110
b = 0100
When we apply the bitwise AND operation in the above two variables, i.e., a&b, the output would be:
Result = 0100
Bitwise OR operator
 The bitwise OR operator is represented by a single vertical sign (|). Two integer operands
are written on both sides of the (|) symbol. If the bit value of any of the operand is 1, then
the output would be 1, otherwise 0.
 For example,

We consider two variables,


a = 23;
b = 10;
The binary representation of the above two variables would be:
a = 0001 0111
b = 0000 1010
When we apply the bitwise OR operator in the above two variables, i.e., a|b , then the outp
ut would be:
Result = 0001 1111
Bitwise exclusive OR operator
 Bitwise exclusive OR operator is denoted by (^) symbol. Two operands are written on
both sides of the exclusive OR operator. If the corresponding bit of any of the
operand is 1 then the output would be 1, otherwise 0.
 For example,
We consider two variables a and b,
a = 12;
b = 10;
The binary representation of the above two variables would be:
a = 0000 1100
b = 0000 1010
When we apply the bitwise exclusive OR operator in the above two variables (a^b), then the r
esult would be:
Result = 0000 0110
Bitwise complement operator

 The bitwise complement operator is also known as one's complement operator. It is


represented by the symbol tilde (~). It takes only one operand or variable and performs
complement operation on an operand. When we apply the complement operation on any
bits, then 0 becomes 1 and 1 becomes 0.
 For example,
If we have a variable named 'a',
a = 8;
The binary representation of the above variable is given below:
a = 1000
When we apply the bitwise complement operator to the operand, then the output would
be:
Result = 0111
Bitwise shift operators

 Two types of bitwise shift operators exist in C programming. The bitwise shift
operators will shift the bits either on the left-side or right-side. Therefore, we can
say that the bitwise shift operator is divided into two categories:
 Left-shift operator
 Right-shift operator
Left-shift operator

► It is an operator that shifts the number of bits to the left-side.


► Syntax of the left-shift operator is given below:
► Operand << n
► Where,
► Operand is an integer expression on which we apply the left-shift operation.
► n is the number of bits to be shifted.
► In the case of Left-shift operator, 'n' bits will be shifted on the left-side. The 'n' bits on the left side will
be popped out, and 'n' bits on the right-side are filled with 0.
 For example:
int a = 5;
The binary representation of 'a' is given below:
a = 0101
If we want to left-shift the above representation by 2, then the statement would be:
a << 2;
0101<<2 = 00010100
Right-shift operator
 It is an operator that shifts the number of bits to the right side.
 Syntax of the right-shift operator is given below:
 Operand >> n;
 Where,
 Operand is an integer expression on which we apply the right-shift operation.
 N is the number of bits to be shifted.
 In the case of the right-shift operator, 'n' bits will be shifted on the right-side. The 'n' bits on the
right-side will be popped out, and 'n' bits on the left-side are filled with 0.
 For example,
int a = 7;
The binary representation of the above variable would be:
a = 0111
If we want to right-shift the above representation by 2, then the statement would be:
a>>2;
0000 0111 >> 2 = 0000 0001
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