What are the bitwise operators in Java?

Java provides 7 bitwise operators which act on individual bits.

Operator	Description	Example
& Binary AND	It copies a bit to the result if it exists in both operands.	(A & B) = 12 means 0000 1100
\| Binary OR	It copies a bit if it exists in either operand.	(A \| B) = 61 means 0011 1101
^ Binary XOR	It copies the bit if it is set in one operand but not both.	(A ^ B) = 49 means 0011 0001
~ Binary One’s Complement	It is unary and has the effect of 'flipping' bits.	(~A ) = -61 means 1100 0011 in 2's complement form due to a signed binary number.
<< Binary Left Shift	The left operand value is moved left by the number of bits specified by the right operand.	A << 2 = 240 means 1111 0000
>> Binary Right Shift	The left operand value is moved right by the number of bits specified by the right operand.	A >> 2 = 15 means 1111
>>> Shift right zero fill	The left operand value is moved right by the number of bits specified by the right operand and shifted values are filled up with zeros.	A >>>2 = 15 means 0000 1111

Published on 08-Feb-2018 08:19:23