{"post":{"id":"642ecc1a3d498fea18aa39d7","_id":"642ecc1a3d498fea18aa39d7","coverImage":{"isPortrait":false,"url":"https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/stock/unsplash/YYUM2sNvnvU/upload/ced444a974d4e481a4e0adc81c582da6.jpeg","__typename":"PostCoverImage"},"slug":"bit-manipulation-bitwise-operators","readTime":5,"replyCount":1,"responseCount":3,"brief":"Let's dive right into bitwise operators. If you need to operate on numbers of other bases, you first have to convert them to binary.\nYou may come across different prefixes that denote different bases. It is supposed to tell you what base the number i...","subtitle":"A Beginner's Guide to Bit Manipulation and Bitwise Operators","isFeatured":false,"contributors":[{"_id":"6301b652dc09f71f101c6394","name":"Clifford Mapesa","photo":"https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1661056596407/F-l6fg8DR.jpeg","username":"cliff984","__typename":"User"},{"_id":"638bddc04a96bb8fda437aaf","name":"Akanni Emmanuel","photo":"https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1695073586946/R3yw4P2oW_.jpg","username":"Royalty","__typename":"User"}],"bookmarked":false,"views":806,"url":"https://codewise.hashnode.dev/bit-manipulation-bitwise-operators","totalReactions":19,"title":"Bit manipulation & bitwise operators","dateAdded":"2023-04-06T13:41:46.945Z","cuid":"clg562w5d000309l7c7i3bw88","preferences":{"disableComments":false,"__typename":"PostPreferences"},"__typename":"Post","seo":{"title":"Bit Manipulation and Bitwise Operators: A Beginner's Guide","description":"","__typename":"SEO"},"ogMetaData":{"image":"https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1680788387126/f9c1cc52-ef1e-4aee-b0fa-5bf931325f43.jpeg","__typename":"OpenGraphMetaData"},"author":{"_id":"641b4f0412b6c9199a7ea407","name":" manga","photo":"https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1679511301965/de346a49-6c49-46c4-b6be-6300bc1cc971.png","isPro":false,"username":"codeweb","__typename":"User","tagline":"Data Science | Data analyst"},"coAuthors":[],"series":null,"tags":[{"_id":"56744721958ef13879b9492c","logo":"https://res.cloudinary.com/hashnode/image/upload/v1475235467/zfbdpx1pe00glfy6lc6b.jpg","name":"C","slug":"c","__typename":"Tag"},{"_id":"56744722958ef13879b951bb","logo":null,"name":"data structures","slug":"data-structures","__typename":"Tag"},{"_id":"5fc813e9f888be537df01de1","logo":null,"name":"bit-manipulation","slug":"bit-manipulation","__typename":"Tag"},{"_id":"62d1bfce20797904269d7f36","logo":null,"name":"bit operation","slug":"bit-operation","__typename":"Tag"}],"publication":{"_id":"641b4fddc7ed89196afa4dea","url":"https://codewise.hashnode.dev","canonicalURL":"https://codewise.hashnode.dev","title":"","displayTitle":"","isHeadless":false,"favicon":null,"headerColor":null,"metaTags":null,"isTeam":false,"domainInfo":{"hashnodeSubdomain":"codewise","domain":null,"__typename":"DomainInfo"},"urlPattern":"SIMPLE","__typename":"Publication"},"comments":{"edges":[{"node":{"id":"642f033970fdff2e83db5bd0","author":{"_id":"63dfe2a2bf2ce4a649f5e03c","name":"Deactivated User","photo":"https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1659089761812/fsOct5gl6.png?auto=compress","isPro":false,"username":"","__typename":"User"},"content":{"html":"

thank you

\n","markdown":"thank you","text":"thank you\n","__typename":"Content"},"dateAdded":"2023-04-06T17:36:57.888Z","stamp":"clg5ehc7z01bqmunvdwc045af","totalReactions":1,"__typename":"Comment","replies":{"edges":[],"pageInfo":{"hasNextPage":false,"endCursor":null,"__typename":"PageInfo"},"__typename":"CommentReplyConnection"}},"__typename":"PostCommentEdge"},{"node":{"id":"642ee63b70fdff2e83db56e8","author":{"_id":"638bddc04a96bb8fda437aaf","name":"Akanni Emmanuel","photo":"https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1695073586946/R3yw4P2oW_.jpg","isPro":false,"username":"Royalty","__typename":"User"},"content":{"html":"

Nice article 💯\nA little bitwise trick…

// swap a and b without an extra variable \na = a ^ b\nb = a ^ b\na = a ^ b

Try it.

\n","markdown":"Nice article 💯\nA little bitwise trick…\n\n// swap a and b without an extra variable \na = a ^ b\nb = a ^ b\na = a ^ b\n\nTry it.","text":"Nice article 💯\nA little bitwise trick…\n// swap a and b without an extra variable \na = a ^ b\nb = a ^ b\na = a ^ b\nTry it.\n","__typename":"Content"},"dateAdded":"2023-04-06T15:33:15.678Z","stamp":"clg5a297h00ftmunv62mh6h7u","totalReactions":0,"__typename":"Comment","replies":{"edges":[{"node":{"id":"642f22c17a31ea30695e472d","author":{"_id":"641b4f0412b6c9199a7ea407","name":" manga","photo":"https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1679511301965/de346a49-6c49-46c4-b6be-6300bc1cc971.png","isPro":false,"username":"codeweb","__typename":"User"},"content":{"html":"

Awesome. Thank you

\n","markdown":"Awesome. Thank you","text":"Awesome. Thank you\n","__typename":"Content"},"dateAdded":"2023-04-06T19:51:29.991Z","stamp":"clg5jacp200rh0cnv6f3gbztz","totalReactions":1,"__typename":"Reply"},"__typename":"CommentReplyEdge"}],"pageInfo":{"hasNextPage":false,"endCursor":"MQ==","__typename":"PageInfo"},"__typename":"CommentReplyConnection"}},"__typename":"PostCommentEdge"},{"node":{"id":"65c5be1ec08544dc456f3bba","author":{"_id":"6301b652dc09f71f101c6394","name":"Clifford Mapesa","photo":"https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1661056596407/F-l6fg8DR.jpeg","isPro":false,"username":"cliff984","__typename":"User"},"content":{"html":"

Great article!

\n","markdown":"Great article!","text":"Great article!\n","__typename":"Content"},"dateAdded":"2024-02-09T05:54:38.628Z","stamp":"clse8gdcz000108jy13alfjb1","totalReactions":0,"__typename":"Comment","replies":{"edges":[],"pageInfo":{"hasNextPage":false,"endCursor":null,"__typename":"PageInfo"},"__typename":"CommentReplyConnection"}},"__typename":"PostCommentEdge"}],"pageInfo":{"hasNextPage":false,"endCursor":"Mw==","__typename":"PageInfo"},"__typename":"PostCommentConnection"},"commenters":{"edges":[{"node":{"_id":"6301b652dc09f71f101c6394","name":"Clifford Mapesa","photo":"https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1661056596407/F-l6fg8DR.jpeg","isPro":false,"username":"cliff984","__typename":"User"},"__typename":"PostCommenterEdge"},{"node":{"_id":"638bddc04a96bb8fda437aaf","name":"Akanni Emmanuel","photo":"https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1695073586946/R3yw4P2oW_.jpg","isPro":false,"username":"Royalty","__typename":"User"},"__typename":"PostCommenterEdge"}],"__typename":"PostCommenterConnection"}}}

Bit manipulation & bitwise operators

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