Java - Bitwise Operators (&,|,^,~,!) / Chapter -7/Operator & Assignments

In JAVA there are five bitwise operators available. 

1. Bitwise AND ( & )     [both boolean and integral type]
2. Bitwise OR    (  |  )      [both boolean and integral type]
3. Bitwise XOR  ( ^ )      [both boolean and integral type]
4. Bitwise Complement Operator ( ~ )   [only for integral types]
5. Bitwise Complement Operator ( ! )   [only for boolean types]

1. Bitwise AND ( & ):-

If we apply bitwise AND (&) between two arguments then if and only if it will return true if both arguments are true otherwise it will return false.

example for boolean:-

System.out.println(true & true );         output  is    true

System.out.println(true & false);         output  is    false

System.out.println(false & false);        output  is    false

example for integrals:-

System.out.println( 5  &  4);         output  is    4

reason:   5 in binary  101

              4 in binary  100        now applying AND Operation if both are true then only true.

            ――――――――

result:                        100   means   4  that's we are getting 4 as the output. 

2.Bitwise OR( | ) :-
If we apply bitwise OR( | ) between two arguments then if and only if it will return true if one argument is true .

example for boolean:-

System.out.println(true | false);           output  is    true

System.out.println(true | true );           output  is    true

example for integral:-

System.out.println( 5  |  6);         output  is    7

reason:   5 in binary  101

              6 in binary  110        now applying OR Operation if one is  true then true.

            ――――――――

result:                        111   means   7 that's we are getting 7 as the output. 

3. Bitwise XOR( ^ ):-
 If we apply bitwise XOR( ^ ) between two arguments then if and only if it will return true if both arguments are different otherwise it will return false.

example for booleans:

System.out.println(true ^ false);         output  is    true

System.out.println(true ^ true );         output  is    false

example for integrals:

System.out.println( 5  ^  6);         output  is    3

reason:   5 in binary  101

                6 in binary  110        now applying XOR Operation if both are different then only true.

            ――――――――

result:                          011   means   3 that's we are getting 3 as the output. 

4.Bitwise Complement Operator(~);-
This operator can be applied to the integral type only not for boolean type. If we are applying then we will get Compile-Time Error.

example:-

System.out.println(~4);         output is -5 

System.out.println(~true);         
Compile-Time Error : Operator ~ cannot be applied to boolean

5.Bitwise Complement Operator(!);-
This operator can be applied to the boolean type only not for integral type. If we are applying then we will get Compile-Time Error.

example:-

System.out.println(!true);         output is  false

System.out.println(!4);         
Compile-Time Error : Operator ! cannot be applied to int

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