What are bitwise operators in C#?

Bitwise operator works on bits and performs bit by bit operation.

The following are the Bitwise operators.

The following is an example showing how to work with bitwise operators in C#.

Example

 Live Demo

using System;
namespace Demo {
   class Program {
      static void Main(string[] args) {
         int a = 60; /* 60 = 0011 1100 */
         int b = 13; /* 13 = 0000 1101 */
         int c = 0;
         c = a & b; /* 12 = 0000 1100 */
         Console.WriteLine("Value of c is {0}", c );
         c = a | b; /* 61 = 0011 1101 */
         Console.WriteLine("Value of c is {0}", c);
         c = a ^ b; /* 49 = 0011 0001 */
         Console.WriteLine("Value of c is {0}", c);
         c = ~a; /*-61 = 1100 0011 */
         Console.WriteLine("Value of c is {0}", c);
         c = a << 2; /* 240 = 1111 0000 */
         Console.WriteLine("Value of c is {0}", c);
         c = a >> 2; /* 15 = 0000 1111 */
         Console.WriteLine("Value of c is {0}", c);
         Console.ReadLine();
      }
   }
}

Output

Value of c is 12
Value of c is 61
Value of c is 49
Value of c is -61
Value of c is 240
Value of c is 15