|
Used to perform a bitwise OR on two expressions.
result = expression1 | expression2
result
Any variable.
expression1
Any expression.
expression2
Any expression.
The | operator looks at the binary representation of the values of two expressions and does a bitwise OR operation on them. The result of this operation behaves as follows:
0101 (expression1)
1100 (expression2)
----
1101 (result)
Any time either of the expressions has a 1 in a digit, the result will have a 1 in that digit. Otherwise, the result will have a 0 in that digit.
For information on when a run-time error is generated by the | operator, see the Operator Behavior table.
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