How do I do a bitwise Not operation in Python?

Question

In order to test building an Xor operation with more basic building blocks (using Nand, Or, and And in my case) I need to be able to do a Not operation. The built-in n

Answer 1

Another way to achieve this, is to assign a mask like this (should be all 1's):

mask = 0b1111

Then xor it with your number like this:

number = 0b1100
mask = 0b1111
print(bin(number ^ mask))

You can refer the xor truth table to know why it works.