The (&=) operator is use to perform a bitwise AND on an expression.
Syntax
result &= expression
The &= operator syntax has these parts:
Example
Using this operator is exactly the same as specifying:
result = result & expression
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The &= operator looks at the binary representation of the values of result and expression and does a bitwise AND operation on them. The output of this operation behaves like this:
0101 (result)
1100 (expression)
----
0100 (output)
Any time both of the expressions have a 1 in a digit, the result has a 1 in that digit. Otherwise, the result has a 0 in that digit.
For information on when a run-time error is generated by the &= operator, see the Operator Behavior table.
See also: & Operator, Operator Behavior, Operator Precedence, Operator Summary |
