GoLang binary operations

go-binary-operations.md

GoLang binary operators

Binary operators

Operation	Symbol	Example	Result	Description
AND	&	10101010 & 11001100	10001000	1 if both bits are 1
OR	|	10101010 | 11001100	11101110	1 if at least one bit is 1
XOR	^	10101010 ^ 11001100	01100110	1 if bits are different
NOT	^	^10101010	01010101	Flips each bit
AND NOT	&^	10101010 &^ 11001100	00100010	Clears bits where second operand has 1s
Left Shift	<<	00001111 << 2	00111100	Shifts bits left, fills in with 0s
Right Shift	>>	11110000 >> 2	00111100	Shifts bits right, fills in with 0s

Binary assignment operators

Operation	Symbol	Example	Result	Description
OR	|=	a |= b	a = a | b	Sets bits to 1 if either a or b has 1 at that position
AND	&=	a &= b	a = a & b	Sets bits to 1 only if both a and b have 1
XOR	^=	a ^= b	a = a ^ b	Toggles bits where a and b differ
AND NOT	&^=	a &^= b	a = a &^ b	Clears bits in a where b has 1s
Left Shift	<<=	a <<= n	a = a << n	Shifts bits in a left by n positions, filling with 0s
Right Shift	>>=	a >>= n	a = a >> n	Shifts bits in a right by n positions, filling with 0s