What are Bitwise Operators in Python

 Python Bitwise Operators in hindi

Bitwise Operators

Bitwise operators are used to compare (binary) numbers:

Operator	Name	Description
&	AND	Sets each bit to 1 if both bits are 1
|	OR	Sets each bit to 1 if one of two bits is 1
^	XOR	Sets each bit to 1 if only one of two bits is 1
~	NOT	Inverts all the bits
<<	Zero fill left shift	Shift left by pushing zeros in from the right and let the leftmost bits fall off
>>	Signed right shift	Shift right by pushing copies of the leftmost bit in from the left, and let the rightmost bits fall off

Truth Table

Var X	Var Y	& (And)	| (Or)	^ (XOR)	~ (Not)
0	0	0 (False)	0 (False)	0 (False)	1
0	1	0 (False)	1 (True)	1 (True)	1
1	0	0 (False)	1 (True)	1 (True)	0
1	1	1 (True)	1 (True)	0 (False)	0
					X complement
Value of X	X<<1	X>>1
X = 0011	0110	1001
Action	1 step left shift	1 step right shift

 

Esamples:

X = 10

Y = 8

First, we calculate binary of these variables, so use function like:

Print (bin(x))

Print (bin(y))

Output:                                0b 1010

                                0b 1000

Now use bitwise (&) operator

Print (x & y, bin(x & y))

Output:                                8  0b 1000

We will use bitwise (|) operator on same value:

Print (x | y, bin(x | y))

Output:                                10  0b 1010

Now we will use bitwise (|) operator on same value:

Print (x ^ y, bin(x ^ y))

Output:                                2  0b 10

Now we will use bitwise (<<) operator on same value:

Print (x << 1, bin(x << 1))

Output:                                20  0b 10100

Now we will use bitwise (>>) operator on same value:

Print (x >> 1, bin(x >> 1))

Output:                                5  0b 101

Now we will use bitwise (~) operator on same value:

Print (~ x, bin( ~ x))

Output:                                -11  0b 1011

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