Bitwise NOT Operator (~)

Bitwise NOT Operator

Bitwise NOT Operator is used to perform NOT operation for the given operand at bit level.

Symbol

The symbol of bitwise NOT operator is ~.

Syntax

The syntax to do bitwise NOT operation for the operand x is

~ x

Example

The following is a simple example of how bitwise NOT operation is done for a number.

x = 5

#bit level
  x =  00000101
~ x =  11111010
~ x = -00000110 (in signed form)
Therefore ~x = -6 (in signed form)

In this following program, we take an integer value in x, and perform bitwise NOT operation for the value in x.

Python Program

x = 5
output = ~x
print(f'~{x} = {output}')

Output

~5 = -6

Summary

In this tutorial of Python Examples, we learned about Bitwise NOT Operator, and it's usage with the help of examples.