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Bitwise Operators in C

The following table lists the Bitwise operators supported by C. Assume variable 'A' holds 60 and variable
'B' holds 13, then −

Operator Description Example

& Binary AND Operator copies a bit to the result if it exists in (A & B) = 12, i.e., 0000 1100
both operands.

| Binary OR Operator copies a bit if it exists in either operand. (A | B) = 61, i.e., 0011 1101

^ Binary XOR Operator copies the bit if it is set in one (A ^ B) = 49, i.e., 0011 0001
operand but not both.

~ Binary One's Complement Operator is unary and has the (~A ) = ~(60), i.e,. 1100 0011
effect of 'flipping' bits.

<< Binary Left Shift Operator. The left operands value is


moved left by the number of bits specified by the right A << 2 = 240 i.e., 1111 0000
operand.

>> Binary Right Shift Operator. The left operands value is


moved right by the number of bits specified by the right A >> 2 = 15 i.e., 0000 1111
operand.

Example
Try the following example to understand all the bitwise operators available in C −

 Live Demo
#include <stdio.h>

main() {

unsigned int a = 60; /* 60 = 0011 1100 */


unsigned int b = 13; /* 13 = 0000 1101 */
int c = 0;

c = a & b; /* 12 = 0000 1100 */


printf("Line 1 - Value of c is %d\n", c );

c = a | b; /* 61 = 0011 1101 */
printf("Line 2 - Value of c is %d\n", c );

c = a ^ b; /* 49 = 0011 0001 */
printf("Line 3 - Value of c is %d\n", c );
c = ~a; /*-61 = 1100 0011 */
printf("Line 4 - Value of c is %d\n", c );

c = a << 2; /* 240 = 1111 0000 */


printf("Line 5 - Value of c is %d\n", c );

c = a >> 2; /* 15 = 0000 1111 */


printf("Line 6 - Value of c is %d\n", c );
}

When you compile and execute the above program, it produces the following result −

Line 1 - Value of c is 12
Line 2 - Value of c is 61
Line 3 - Value of c is 49
Line 4 - Value of c is -61
Line 5 - Value of c is 240
Line 6 - Value of c is 15

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