On Wed, Oct 14, 2015 at 7:39 PM, Laura Creighton <l...@openend.se> wrote:
> In a message of Wed, 14 Oct 2015 19:29:47 -0400, Joel Goldstick writes: > >& is a bitwise operator, so any odd number and 1 will be one (true), and > >any even number will be zero (false) > > You and Ben seem to have missed the problem in the answer. > I think that Ni needs to understand _how bitwise operators work_ > > And it is 1:38 here in the morning, I must get to bed. Somebody > else explain it! (and if they don't, Ni, I will get to it tomorrow.) > > Laura > > Ok the integers can be represented in binary like: 5 = 0101, 0 = 0000, 2 == 0010, etc. When you perform the & operation, it does a bitwise and operation. 0101 & 0001 = 1, 0010 & 0001 = 0. Hope that helps -- Joel Goldstick http://joelgoldstick.com/stats/birthdays _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
