BITOR function

The BITOR function returns the bitwise Boolean OR of 2 numbers. The BITOR truth table is below:

A B BITOR(A, B)
0 0 0
0 1 1
1 0 1
1 1 1

Parts of a BITOR function

BITOR(value1, value2)

Part Description Notes
value1 The first number.
  • The given value must be a decimal representation of the number.
value2 The second number.
  • The given value must be a decimal representation of the number.

Sample formulas

BITOR(9, 5)

BITOR(A1, 10)

BITOR(A1, B1)

Notes

It may make sense to use BITOR in conjunction with BIN2DEC as BITOR(BIN2DEC("1011"), BIN2DEC("1001")), which evaluates to "1011" in binary or 11 in decimal.

Examples

In the following example, 9 in binary is “1001” and 5 in binary is 0101. The bitwise OR of 1001 and 0101 is 1101, which is 13 in decimal.

  A B
1 Formula Result
2 =BITOR(9, 5) 13

 

In this example, the bitwise OR of 1000 and 0001 is 1001, which is 9 in decimal:

  A B
1 Formula Result
2 =BITOR(BIN2DEC("1000"), BIN2DEC("0001")) 9

 

Related functions

  • BITAND: The BITAND function returns the bitwise boolean AND of two numbers. Learn more.
  • BITXOR: The BITXOR function is a bitwise XOR (exclusive or) of 2 numbers that returns a bit of “1” if 2 bits are different, and a bit of “0” otherwise.
  • BITLSHIFT: The BITLSHIFT function shifts the bits of the input a certain number of places to the left. Bits on the right are filled with zeroes (0s).
  • BITRSHIFT: The BITRSHIFT function shifts the bits of the input a certain number of places to the right.
  • BIN2DEC: The BIN2DEC function converts a signed binary number to decimal format.
  • DEC2BIN: The DEC2BIN function converts a decimal number to signed binary format.
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