What is the working of "|" operator in python..

Question

asking as a learner because it is new to me.

Answer 1

The single "pipe" character "|" is the bitwise OR. It takes the bit/binary representation of the variables/literals that it is being used on and ORs their bits.

example:
x = 5 | 3;
bitwise 4 bit representation of these numbers "binary"
5 = 0101
3 = 0011
-------
| = 0111 = 7

When ORed, If either or both of the bits in that column = 1 then the result for that column = 1. If both bits in that column = 0 then the result for that column = 0.

There are also the bitwise AND "&", shift left "<<", shift right ">>", XOR "^", and the compliment "~" operators.

Answer 2

Or