Python Bitwise Operations Explained: Core Features

In Python, bitwise operations have the following characteristics:

1. Bitwise operations are calculations that directly manipulate the binary bits of a value, without taking into account the value’s sign or magnitude.
2. In Python, the bitwise operators include AND (&), OR (|), XOR (^), NOT (~), left shift (<<), and right shift (>>).
3. Bitwise operations work on the binary representation of integers, so they can only be performed on integers. For other data types, they need to be converted to integers before performing bitwise operations.
4. Bitwise operations are done at the bit level, where the result is obtained after performing the operation for each corresponding bit of the two operands.
5. The result of bitwise operation is also an integer, representing the operation result of the corresponding bits of two operands.
6. The left shift operator (<<) moves the binary representation of the operand to the left by the specified number of bits, effectively adding a specified number of zeros on the right side.
7. The right shift operator (>>) shifts the binary representation of the operand to the right by a specified number of bits, effectively discarding the specified number of bits on the right side and adding the specified number of sign bits on the left side.
8. Bit manipulation can be utilized to implement efficient algorithms and bitwise operation techniques, such as checking for parity, swapping values of two variables, and performing modulo operations.