Bitwise math/Operators/OR

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OR will return true bits for the respective placeholder if any of the bits are true.

OR rules

OR determines if any bits are true from the given binary operands

• 1 or 1 = 1
• 1 or 0 = 1
• 0 or 0 = 0

OR properties

• Anything OR'd with itself results in itself
• Anything OR'd with 0xF results in 0xF
• Anything OR'd with 0x0 results in itself

OR example

Example: 5 OR C = D

Operation	Hexadecimal	Binary	comment
or	5 C	0101 1100	The second and fourth bits are true. The first and second bits are true.
=	D	1101	The first, second and fourth bits are true in at least one instance.

OR logic table

OR	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	A	B	C	D	E	F
0	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	A	B	C	D	E	F
1	1	1	3	3	5	5	7	7	9	9	B	B	D	D	F	F
2	2	3	2	3	6	7	6	7	A	B	A	B	E	F	E	F
3	3	3	3	3	7	7	7	7	B	B	B	B	F	F	F	F
4	4	5	6	7	4	5	6	7	C	D	E	F	C	D	E	F
5	5	5	7	7	5	5	7	7	D	D	F	F	D	D	F	F
6	6	7	6	7	6	7	6	7	E	F	E	F	E	F	E	F
7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	F	F	F	F	F	F	F	F
8	8	9	A	B	C	D	E	F	8	9	A	B	C	D	E	F
9	9	9	B	B	D	D	F	F	9	9	B	B	D	D	F	F
A	A	B	A	B	E	F	E	F	A	B	A	B	E	F	E	F
B	B	B	B	B	F	F	F	F	B	B	B	B	F	F	F	F
C	C	D	E	F	C	D	E	F	C	D	E	F	C	D	E	F
D	D	D	F	F	D	D	F	F	D	D	F	F	D	D	F	F
E	E	F	E	F	E	F	E	F	E	F	E	F	E	F	E	F
F	F	F	F	F	F	F	F	F	F	F	F	F	F	F	F	F