Java Bitwise AND " &" Operator

In this section, you will learn how to use bitwise AND " &" operator in Java. The Java programming language has operators that perform bitwise operations. In the example below we have shown the usage of bitwise AND " &" operator.

Description of code:

The bitwise AND " &" operator produces 1 if and only if both of the bits in its operands are 1. However, if both of the bits are 0 or both of the bits are different then this operator produces 0. To be more precise bitwise AND " &" operator returns 1 if any of the two bits is 1 and it reurns 0 if any of the bits is 0.

In the program code given below, the corresponding bits of both operands are 1 and 1, hence we get 1 as output because one of the bits is 1. And if we take both the bits to be 0 or even a one of the bits to be 0 then we will get 0 as an output.

Here is the code of program:


class BitwiseAND{ 

 public static void main(String args[]){

  System.out.println(" & AND operator");

   
int x = 1 & 1;

  System.out.println("1 & 1 = " + x);

 }

}

Output of the program:

C:\unique>javac BitwiseAND.java

C:\unique>java BitwiseAND
& AND operator
1 & 1 = 1

C:\unique>

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Java Bitwise AND " &" Operator

Java Bitwise AND " &" Operator

Java Bitwise AND " &" Operator

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