Bit - Bitwise and Shift binary operator

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Bitwise binary operator may also be used as assignment operator

The bitwise arithmetic operators

// ~x is roughly the same as -(x+1)
console.log(~2);    // -(2+1) ==> -3

The bitwise addition, modulo 2, of two bit strings of equal length.

The bitwise XOR expression follows the following rules:

0 ^ 0 = 0
0 ^ 1 = 1
1 ^ 0 = 1
1 ^ 1 = 0

Example

console.log(6 ^ 2); //  110 ^ 010 = 100 = 4

The bitwise OR expression follows the following rules:

0 | 0 = 0
0 | 1 = 1
1 | 0 = 1
1 | 1 = 1

Example:

console.log(6 | 2); //  110 ^ 010 = 110 = 6
console.log(8 | 1); //  1000 ^ 0001 = 1001 = 9

0 & 0 = 0
0 & 1 = 0
1 & 0 = 0
1 & 1 = 1

The shift operators shifts the digits to the left or to the right:

moving the bits to the left or to the right (if you need to position them inside a fix number of bit)
and/or multiplying or dividing by 2

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Example / Demo:

const foo = '0001'; // 1
console.log(`Initial Value: bit: ${foo}, decimal ${parseInt(foo, 2)}`);

let fooShifted = parseInt(foo, 2) << 1
console.log(`shifted by one (x2): bit: ${fooShifted.toString(2)}, decimal: ${fooShifted}`);

fooShifted = parseInt(foo, 2) << 2
console.log(`shifted by two (x2 x2): bit: ${fooShifted.toString(2)}, decimal: ${fooShifted}`);