Bitwise math/Operators/AND

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AND returns “TRUE” per true bit in both of the required two operands. True is 1 and false is 0. It operates bit by bit, just like NOT.

AND rules

AND compares each bit and if both bits per placeholder are true, then it returns a true for that placeholder, all else gets turned into 0.

• 1 and 1 = 1
• 1 and 0 = 0
• 0 and 0 = 0

AND properties

• anything AND'd by itself results in itself
• anything AND'd with 0xF results in itself
• anything AND'd with 0x0 results in 0x0

AND example

Example: 0x6 AND 0x5 = 0x4

Operation	Hexadecimal	Binary	comment
and	6 5	0110 0101	The second and third bits are true. The second and fourth bits are true.
=	4	0100	The second bit is the only one true in both instances (5 and 6).

AND logic table

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