Bitwise operation and usage

Question

Consider this code:

x = 1        # 0001
x << 2       # Shift left 2 bits: 0100
# Result: 4

x | 2        # Bitwise OR: 0011
# Result: 3

x & 1              


        

Answer 1

I hope this clarifies those two:

x | 2

0001 //x
0010 //2

0011 //result = 3

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x & 1

0001 //x
0001 //1

0001 //result = 1