What's the difference between ( | ) and ( || )?

Question

What\'s the difference between | and || in Javascript?

Furthermore, what\'s the difference between & and &&<

Answer 1

To explain a little more in layman's terms:

&& and || are logical operators. This means they're used for logical comparison;

if (a == 4 && b == 5)

This means "If a equals to four AND b equals to five"

| and & are bitwise operators. They operate on bits in a specific fashion which the wiki article explains in detail:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitwise_operation