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3.5.1.The Bitwise Operators can be applied to the integer types, long, int, short, char, and byte.Previous/Next

Operator	Result
~	Bitwise unary NOT
&	Bitwise AND
\|	Bitwise OR
^	Bitwise exclusive OR
>>	Shift right
>>>	Shift right zero fill
<<	Shift left
&=	Bitwise AND assignment
\|=	Bitwise OR assignment
^=	Bitwise exclusive OR assignment
>>	Shift right assignment
>>>=	Shift right zero fill assignment
<<=	Shift left assignment

3.5.Bitwise Operators
	3.5.1.	The Bitwise Operators can be applied to the integer types, long, int, short, char, and byte.
	3.5.2.	The Bitwise Logical Operators
	3.5.3.	Bitwise AND (&)
	3.5.4.	Bitwise OR (\|)
	3.5.5.	Bitwise XOR (^)
	3.5.6.	Left shift (<<)
	3.5.7.	Bitwise complement (~): inverts ones and zeros in a number
	3.5.8.	Demonstrate the bitwise logical operators
	3.5.9.	All bitwise operators in action
	3.5.10.	Bitwise Operator Assignments
	3.5.11.	The Left Shift
	3.5.12.	Left shifting as a quick way to multiply by 2
	3.5.13.	The Right Shift
	3.5.14.	The Unsigned Right Shift
	3.5.15.	Signed shift to the right
	3.5.16.	Unsigned shifting a byte value.
	3.5.17.	Convert a number to negative and back
	3.5.18.	Performing Bitwise Operations on a Bit Vector
	3.5.19.	Converting Between a BitSet and a Byte Array
	3.5.20.	Returns a byte array of at least length 1
	3.5.21.	Use bitwise operator to create hash code
	3.5.22.	Operations on bit-mapped fields.
	3.5.23.	Represents a collection of 64 boolean (on/off) flags.

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