A clear, layman's explanation of the difference between | and || in c#?

Question

Ok, so I\'ve read about this a number of times, but I\'m yet to hear a clear, easy to understand (and memorable) way to learn the difference between:

if (x |         


        

Answer 1

The first, bitwise operator works on two numerical values and results in a third one.

If you have binary variables

a = 0001001b;
b = 1000010b;

then

a | b == 1001011b;

That is, a bit in the result is 1 if it is also 1 in either of the operands. (My example uses 8-bit numbers for clarity's sake)

The "double pipe" ||, is a logical OR operator that takes two boolean values and results in a third.