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JavaScript Operator: bitwise NOT

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In JavaScript, the ~ operator is the bitwise OR operator.

 

For example, ~ 6  in binary notation is ~ 110 so is 1(29 times)001, which is interpreted as a negative number so is treated as -7 in decimal notation.

 

EXAMPLE:


HTML USED IN THIS EXAMPLE:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html> <!-- Copyright (c) Nematrian Limited 2018 -->
<head>
<style>table,th,tr,td {border: 1px solid black;
  border-collapse: collapse;}</style>
</head>
<body>
<table>
<tr>
<th>Example</th>
<th>Resulting value of <code>x</code></th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code id="Example"></code></td>
<td><code id="Result"></code></td>
</tr>
</table>

<script>
document.getElementById("Example").innerHTML =
  'var x = ~ 6;';
document.getElementById("Result").innerHTML = ~ 6;
</script>

</body>
</html>


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