Bitwise OR
Bitwise OR is like sharing toys with your friends. Imagine you and your friends have a bunch of toys. Sometimes, you want to combine your toys and make a bigger collection. Bitwise OR does the same thing with numbers!
When you use a bitwise OR operator on two numbers, it takes each binary digit (the 0s and 1s) separately and creates a new number. For example, let's say you have the numbers 6 and 3. In binary (which means using only 0s and 1s), they look like this:
6 = 0110
3 = 0011
If you apply a bitwise OR operator to these two numbers, you compare each digit in the same position and take the larger one. So the result would be:
6 | 3 = 0111
In decimal (regular) numbers, that means 6 OR 3 = 7.
Just like sharing toys with your friends, using bitwise OR can make something bigger and better. It's a way to combine two sets of binary digits and create a new number that has the best of both!
When you use a bitwise OR operator on two numbers, it takes each binary digit (the 0s and 1s) separately and creates a new number. For example, let's say you have the numbers 6 and 3. In binary (which means using only 0s and 1s), they look like this:
6 = 0110
3 = 0011
If you apply a bitwise OR operator to these two numbers, you compare each digit in the same position and take the larger one. So the result would be:
6 | 3 = 0111
In decimal (regular) numbers, that means 6 OR 3 = 7.
Just like sharing toys with your friends, using bitwise OR can make something bigger and better. It's a way to combine two sets of binary digits and create a new number that has the best of both!
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