a port of the Processing Visualization Language
Name

| (bitwise OR)

Examples
int a = 205;   // In binary: 11001101

int b = 45;    // In binary: 00101101

int c = a | b; // In binary: 11101101

println(c);    // Prints "237", the decimal equivalent to 11101101

int a = 255 << 24; // Binary: 11111111000000000000000000000000

int r = 204 << 16; // Binary: 00000000110011000000000000000000

int g = 204 << 8;  // Binary  00000000000000001100110000000000

int b = 51;        // Binary: 00000000000000000000000000110011

// OR the values together:    11111111110011001100110000110011 

color argb = a | r | g | b; 

fill(argb); 

rect(30, 20, 55, 55);
Description Compares each corresponding bit in the binary representation of the values. For each comparison two 1's yeild 1, 1 and 0 yeild 1, and two 0's yeild 0. This is easy to see when we look at the binary representation of numbers

  11010110  // 214
& 01011100 // 92
--------
11011110 // 222

To see the binary representation of a number, use the binary() function with println().
Syntax
value | value2
Parameters
value1 int, char, byte
value2 int, char, byte
Usage Web & Application
Related & (bitwise AND)
binary()

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