Bit wise Operations

Bit wise Operations

Bitwise operations are operations which occur to the individual bits of a number. For example, 5 is written as 101 in base 2, that is, 5 = 101₂. Similarly, 3 = 11₂. In this case, operations occur on the individual bits.

For example, bit-wise and 3 and 5 is the and of the corresponding bits 101 and 11:

>> bitand(3, 5)

ans =

    1

>> bitor(3, 5)

ans =

    7

Relevant functions are:

• bitand
• bitor
• bitxor
• bitcmp
• bitshift
• bitset
• bitget
• bitmax