How do bitwise operators work?

Can you explain how bitwise operators work in programming?

Sure! Bitwise operators perform operations on binary representations of integers. They include AND, OR, XOR, NOT, and bit shifts.

What does the AND operator do?

The AND operator compares each bit of two numbers and returns a new number where each bit is set to 1 only if both bits are 1.

Can you give me an example of using the OR operator?

Of course! If you have two numbers, say 5 (0101 in binary) and 3 (0011 in binary), the OR operation results in 7 (0111 in binary).

What about the XOR operator?

The XOR operator returns 1 for each bit where the corresponding bits of the operands are different. For example, 5 XOR 3 results in 6 (0110 in binary).