Bitwise Operators in Python
In this tutorial, you will be learning about the Bitwise operators in python. In computer all the data is stored in the form of bits.
Bitwise operators always works on the binary numbers.
Operators Example Meaning
& a & b Bitwise AND
| a | b Bitwise OR
^ a ^ b Bitwise XOR
~ ~a Bitwise NOT
<< a << b Bitwise left shift
>> a >> b Bitwise right shift
Bitwise AND operator
It takes two equal length bits as parameters and performs AND operation, which means it returns 1 if both the bits in the compared position are 1 else returns 0.
Bitwise OR operator
It takes two equal length bits as parameters and performs OR operation, which means it returns 0 if both the bits in the compared position are 0 else returns 1.
Bitwise XOR operator
This operator is also known as exclusive OR .
It performs exclusive OR operation between two bits, which means it returns 1 if the bits are different else returns 0.
Bitwise NOT operator
It only operates with one operator and does not require two operators like others. It returns the one’s complement of a number, which means it alters the bits by converting 1 to 0 and o to 1.
Bitwise left shift operator
Shifts the bits to the left and replaces the void places on the right with 0.
Bitwise right shift operator
Shifts the bits to the right and replaces the void places on the left with 0.
Example
The below example gives you the better idea of bitwise operators.
a = 60
b = 13
print("a & b =", a & b)
print("a | b =", a | b)
print("a ^ b = ", a ^ b)
print(" ~a =", ~ a)
print(" a<<b =", a << b)
print("a >> b =", a>>b)
The above code gives the output of all the bitwise operations performed on the values 60 & 13
Output:
a & b = 12
a | b = 61
a ^ b = 49
~a = -61
a << 2 = 240
a >> 2 = 15