Java Bitwise OR " |" Operator

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

Description of code:

The bitwise OR "|" operator produces 1 if either one or both of the bits in its operands are 1. However, if both of the bits are 0 then this operator produces 0. To be more precise OR "|" operator returns 1 in all cases except when both the bits of both the operands are 0.

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

Here is the code of program:


class BitwiseOR{ 

  public static void main(String args[]){

  System.out.println(" | OR opeartor");

  int x = 0 | 0;

  System.out.println("0 | 0 = " + x);

 } }

Output of the program:

C:\unique>javac BitwiseOR.java

C:\unique>java BitwiseOR
| OR opeartor
1 | 0 = 1

C:\unique>

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Java Bitwise OR " |" Operator

Java Bitwise OR " |" Operator

Java Bitwise OR " |" Operator

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