Bitwise Operators in C#

February 3, 2022 C#

In this post, you will learn how to work with bitwise operators so that you can use that same knowledge and thus evolve.

bitwise operators operate one bit at a time and it is important to be aware of what binary code is.

`1`	Real
`0`	False
`&`	Only true when both numbers correspond to 1 and 1
`\|`	It is only false when both numbers match 0 and 0
`<<`	Shift bits according to given number to the left
`>>`	Shift bits according to given number to the right

then we also have the operators ^ and ~;
such operators are mostly used in various situations (encryption, data compression, production of hash codes, communication with hardware, games and etc).

using System;

namespace Base {
  class BitwiseOperators {
    private int x = 60; // 00111100 < 01111000 < 11110000 | 00111100 > 00011110 > 00001111
    private int y = 13; // 00001101

    public void Run() {
      Console.WriteLine($"Result of operator &: {x & y}"); // 12 -> 00001100
      Console.WriteLine($"Result of operator |: {x | y}"); // 61 -> 00111101
      Console.WriteLine($"Result of operator <<: { x << 2 }"); // 240 -> 11110000
      Console.WriteLine($"Result of operator >>: { x >> 2 }"); // 15 -> 00001111
    }
  }
}

/*
  Result of operator &: 12
  Result of operator |: 61
  Result of operator <<: 240
  Result of operator >>: 15
*/

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Bitwise Operators in C#

Happy coding!