Bitwise operators

[shethecoder]

Hello.

I'm having a difficult time understanding bitwise operators, specifically & (and) and | (or). How does one actually code it? This is how I've been coding them until now, but when I work it out by hand, I get a different answer than the one the executable is giving me. Furthermore, I checked a bitwise operator calculator online which also gives me the same answer I get by hand. For example, I'm taking two variables and declaring them: A = 5 and B = 8.

printf("The bitwise operation & result for A and B is: ", A & B);

It gives me the wrong answer when I run it. I'm assuming I'm coding it wrong. Can someone help me?

Thanks!

[laserlight]

What answer did it give and what did you expect?

[shethecoder]

What answer did it give and what did you expect?

For example, for the | (or) operator, when I ran the executable, it gave me 15. However, when I calculate it by hand and do it with the bitwise online calculator, I get 13.

[laserlight]

Testing with this program, I am afraid that I cannot duplicate the problem:

#include <stdio.h>

int main(void)
{
    int A = 5;
    int B = 8;
    printf("The bitwise operation | result for A and B is: %d\n", A | B);
    return 0;
}

I suspect that you merely forgot the format specifier in the printf.

[shethecoder]

Testing with this program, I am afraid that I cannot duplicate the problem:

#include <stdio.h>

int main(void)
{
    int A = 5;
    int B = 8;
    printf("The bitwise operation | result for A and B is: %d\n", A | B);
    return 0;
}

I suspect that you merely forgot the format specifier in the printf.

Your code worked all right when I executed it. However, the code I had written was formatted the same way. Also, I had several other operations occurring within the executable (such as addition, subtraction, etc.) and I noticed that when I placed the & and | operators all the way at the end, the error occurred. When I placed it at the top, it worked correctly. Does that have to do something with it?

Also, thanks for the help.

[laserlight]

Also, I had several other operations occurring within the executable (such as addition, subtraction, etc.) and I noticed that when I placed the & and | operators all the way at the end, the error occurred. When I placed it at the top, it worked correctly. Does that have to do something with it?

That is a rather vague description: it could well be that there was a change to the value of A or B, or there could be a precedence issue, etc. Post the code.

Also, thanks for the help.

You're welcome

[shethecoder]

That is a rather vague description: it could well be that there was a change to the value of A or B, or there could be a precedence issue, etc. Post the code.


You're welcome

I looked over the code a couple of more times and found the issue. I had used the preincrement/postincrement operators beforehand, so it was no surprise that the values had changed.