Allows you to combine the bits from two binary numbers in an inclusive OR operation.
BitwiseOR ( val1, val2)
Argument |
Description |
|---|---|
val1 |
Unsigned long for the first binary number that you want to use in an inclusive OR operation |
val2 |
Unsigned long for the second binary number that you want to use in an inclusive OR operation |
UnsignedLong. Returns the result of a bitwise OR operation. If one of its arguments is null, BitwiseOR returns null.
The bitwise “inclusive” OR operator compares each bit of its first operand to the corresponding bit of its second operand. If either or both operands has a bit value of 1 at a particular position, the result bit is set to 1 at that position. Otherwise, the corresponding result bit is set to 0.
This example compares the values of the bits in the firstValue and secondValue variables:
UnsignedLong ll_result
ll_result = BitwiseOR(firstValue, secondValue)
In this example, if firstValue is 10, it has positive bits in the second and fourth positions. If secondValue is 12, it has positive bits in the third and fourth positions. When you combine the binary values of 10 and 12 in a bitwise inclusive OR operation, the result is 14, with positive bits in the second, third, and fourth positions.
