Bitwise Operators

Bitwise operations require unsigned types (uint8, uint16, uint32, uint64).

Operator	Operation	Example
`&`	Bitwise AND	`(a & b)`
`\\|`	Bitwise OR	`(a \\| b)`
`^`	Bitwise XOR	`(a ^ b)`
`~`	Bitwise NOT	`(~a)`
`<<`	Left shift	`(a << n)`
`>>`	Right shift	`(a >> n)`

Compound Assignment

Operator	Example
`<<=`	`flags <<= 1;`
`>>=`	`flags >>= 1;`

Example

uint32:flags = 0xFF00u32;
uint32:mask  = 0x0FF0u32;

uint32:result = (flags & mask);   // 0x0F00
uint32:all    = (flags | mask);   // 0xFFF0
uint32:diff   = (flags ^ mask);   // 0xF0F0
uint32:inv    = (~flags);         // 0xFFFF00FF
uint32:shl    = (flags << 4u32);  // 0xF0000
uint32:shr    = (flags >> 4u32);  // 0x0FF0

Common Patterns

// Set bit
flags = (flags | (1u32 << bit));

// Clear bit
flags = (flags & (~(1u32 << bit)));

// Toggle bit
flags = (flags ^ (1u32 << bit));

// Check bit
bool:is_set = ((flags & (1u32 << bit)) != 0u32);