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Bitwise OR assignment (|=)

The |= operator performs bitwise OR on the two operands and assigns the result to the left operand.

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Syntax

js
x |= y

Description

x |= y is equivalent to x = x | y, except that the expression x is only evaluated once.

Examples

Using bitwise OR assignment

js
let a = 5;
a |= 2; // 7
// 5: 00000000000000000000000000000101
// 2: 00000000000000000000000000000010
// -----------------------------------
// 7: 00000000000000000000000000000111

let b = 5n;
b |= 2n; // 7n

Specifications

Specification
ECMAScript Language Specification
# sec-assignment-operators

Browser compatibility

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Bitwise_OR_assignment 1 12 1 3 1 18 4 10.1 1 1.0 4.4 1.0 0.10.0

See also

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Operators/Bitwise_OR_assignment