[Tutor] What does ^ and | mean?

[Alex Hall]

Not sure about caret (^), but I believe | is binary or.
4|2
is
100 | 010 = 110, and 110 in decimal is 6.
4|4= 100|100 is 100 or 4.

The caret might be binary and, but I am not sure.

On 1/28/11, tee chwee liong <tcl76 at hotmail.com> wrote:
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> hi,
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> i'm confuse on how does ^ and | mean. When i tried |, i thought it is
> addition but 4|4 also give 4?
>>>> 4|2
> 6
>>>> 4|1
> 5
>>>> 4|3
> 7
>>>> 4|4
> 4
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> When i tried ^, looks like subtraction but 2^4 gives 6?
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>
>>>> 2^3
> 1
>>>> 2^2
> 0
>>>> 2^4
> 6
>
> Pls help to clear my confusion. thanks.
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