Bitwise OR

The bitwise OR operator is |. It works on two numbers.

Bitwise OR follows the rules in this truth table:

Operand 1	Operand 2	Result
1	1	1
1	0	1
0	1	1
0	0	0

A bitwise OR operation returns 1 if at least one operand is 1. It returns 0 only if both operands are 0.

 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>Example</title>
    <script type="text/javascript">
    
        var result = 2 | 3; 
        document.writeln(result); // 3

       
    </script>
</head>
<body>
</body>
</html>

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