Name
or_eq operator — Bitwise or assignment operator
Synopsis
assignment-expr := logical-or-expr "|=" assignment-expr | logical-or-expr or_eq assignment-expr
The or_eq
operator is an
assignment operator that performs bitwise
inclusive or. It is equivalent to logical-or-expr =
logical-or-expr |
assignment-expr except that logical-or-expr is evaluated only
once.
The keyword or_eq
is
interchangeable with the |=
token.
Example
unsigned bitmask = 0xF0F0;
bitmask|=
0x0102; // bitmask becomes 0xF1F2.
See Also
and_eq
, bitor
, expression, xor_eq
, Chapter 3, <ciso646>
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