Python range bitwise AND boundaries explanation

Asked Jun 22 '20 at 23:14

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i have a question on the bitwise AND output of two numbers.

example: print(A and B) = B.
print(2 and 5) = 5

Why is the bitwise AND of A, B = B? This is because this is different from expected result of say 0b110 & 0b111 = 6.

Confused as to why A and B, where A and B are numbers outputs B.

Appreciate the help.

asked Jun 22 '20 at 23:14

Qasim Wani

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`and` is logical. `&` is bitwise. – wjandrea Jun 22 '20 at 23:21
Found this: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/47007680/how-do-and-and-or-act-with-non-boolean-values This answers my question. Thanks – Qasim Wani Jun 22 '20 at 23:33
This: https://i.stack.imgur.com/aDOiQ.png – Qasim Wani Jun 22 '20 at 23:33
`and` and `or` *are not bitwise operators*, they are logical operators. The correspond bitwise operators are `&` and `|` – juanpa.arrivillaga Jun 22 '20 at 23:36

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