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In Python, bitwise operators are used to manipulate the binary representation of integers. These operators include the following options:<\/p>\n

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  1. Using the bitwise AND operator (&): performing a “AND” operation on the binary representations of two numbers, resulting in 1 only when both corresponding bits are 1, otherwise 0.<\/li>\n
  2. Bitwise OR operator (|): Performs a “or” operation on the binary representations of two numbers, resulting in a 1 if either of the corresponding bits is 1, otherwise it is 0.<\/li>\n
  3. XOR operator (^): Performs an “exclusive or” operation on the binary representation of two numbers, resulting in 1 when the corresponding bits are different, otherwise 0.<\/li>\n
  4. The bitwise NOT operator (~): performs an operation on the binary representation of a number, flipping 0s to 1s and 1s to 0s.<\/li>\n
  5. Shift operator (<<): move the binary representation of a number to the left by a specified number of bits, filling in the lower positions with zeros.<\/li>\n
  6. The right shift operator (>>) moves the binary representation of a number to the right by a specified number of positions, filling the leftmost positions with 0s.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    These bitwise operators can be used to perform specific operations on integers, such as bitwise AND operation which can be used to determine if a specific bit is 1, and bitwise XOR operation which can be used to swap the values of two numbers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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