Python a &= b meaning?

Question

What does the &= operator mean in Python, and can you give me a working example?

I am trying to understand the __iand__ operator.

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Answer 1

to put it in simple terms. Under the hood it does bit-wise binary operation.

for example 5 in binary is 0101 and 3 in binary is 0011

now do "And" operation between them (when both are 1 the result is one, 0 otherwise) and you will get binary 0001 which means 1 in decimal.

x = 5
x &= 3
print(x)
output >>> 1