From: Randall Alexander <randall.alexander@...>
Date: 2009-03-21T14:20:38+09:00
Subject: Re: & - FixNum - method doubt

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I am just learning Ruby but it looks like the binary intersection of the
true bits.  In shorter terms a binary "and" command.
3&6=2
in binary
011&110=010

3&7=3
in binary
011&111=011

7&21=5
in binary
00111&10101=00101

Randy

On Sat, Mar 21, 2009 at 1:04 AM, jazzez ravi <jazzezravi@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> irb> a=12
> irb> a.methods
>
> it contains & method
>
> So I tried  like ..
> irb> 3&6
> => 2
> irb> 3&7
> => 3
> irb> 7&21
> => 5
>
> I can't understand how it works. Anyone help me
>
>
> Thanks,
> P.Raveendran
> http://raveendran.wordpress.com
> --
> Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
>
>


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