Bitwise NOT operator in Python

Python Bitwise NOT operator is denoted by ~. It Returns one’s compliment of the number. Bitwise operator normally working on bits(0’s and 1’s)

Bitwise NOT operator in Python

Simple example code inverts each bit from the binary representation of integer x so that 0 becomes 1 and 1 becomes 0. This is semantically the same as calculating ~x == -x-1. For example, the bitwise NOT expression ~0 becomes -1, ~9 becomes -10, and ~32 becomes -33.

x = 0
print(~x)

x = 9
print(~x)

x = 32
print(~x)

Output:

Note: first the number is converted to binary then processed.

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Note: IDE: PyCharm 2021.3.3 (Community Edition)

Windows 10

Python 3.10.1

All Python Examples are in Python 3, so Maybe its different from python 2 or upgraded versions.

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