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JavaScript Operator: bitwise OR

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

 

For example, 6 | 2 in binary notation is 110 | 010 so is 110, i.e. 6 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 | 2;';
document.getElementById("Result").innerHTML = 6 | 2;
</script>

</body>
</html>


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