Definition: OR is an operation between two bits. If either bit is set then the result is set. If both are clear, the result is clear. This can be shown as below.
A B --- A OR BIn C, C++ and C# binary OR is represented by a single pipe character |.
0 0 ----- 0
0 1 ----- 1
1 0 ----- 1
1 1 ----- 1
In expressions, OR is represented by the double pipe character || as in
if (a==2) || (a==3) { //.. rest of codeWhich means if a equals 2 or a equals 3
Glossary:
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y ZExamples:
OR is often used to combine bytes together.
