Bitwise OR Operator (|)

Bitwise OR Operator

Bitwise OR Operator is used to perform OR operation between two given operands at bit level.

Symbol

The symbol of bitwise OR operator is |.

Syntax

The syntax to do bitwise OR operation between the operands: x and y, is

x | y

Example

The following is a simple example of how bitwise OR operation is done between two numbers.

x = 5
y = 20

#bit level
    x = 00000101
    y = 00010100
x | y = 00010101

Therefore x | y = 21

In this following program, we take integer values in x, and y, and perform bitwise OR operation between them.

Python Program

x = 5
y = 20
output = x | y
print(f'{x} | {y} = {output}')

Output

5 | 20 = 21

Summary

In this tutorial of Python Examples, we learned about Bitwise OR Operator, and it's usage with the help of examples.