BIT_OR macro

The BIT_OR macro is available in IBM® Campaign and IBM® Interact.

data1 BIT_OR data2 data1 OR data2 data1 | data2

The non-negative integers to bitwise OR with the values in data2. This can be a constant value, a column, a cell range, or an expression evaluating to any of the above. For the format definition of data, see the "Macro Function Parameters" section in the chapter in this guide for your IBM® product.

data2

The non-negative integer(s) to bitwise OR with the values in data1. This can be a constant value, a column, a cell range, or an expression evaluating to any of the above. The number of columns in data2 must equal the number of columns in data1, unless data2 is a constant. For the format definition of data, see the "Macro Function Parameters" section in the chapter in this guide for your IBM® product.

Description

BIT_OR performs a bitwise OR between the two specified data ranges. It returns a new column for each input column, each containing the corresponding column in data1 bitwise OR-ed to the corresponding column of data2 (that is, the first column of data1 is bitwise OR-ed to the first column of data, the second column with the second column, and so on).

If data2 is a constant, each value in data1 is bitwise OR-ed by that value. If data2 contains one or more columns, the calculations are performed on a row-by-row basis between one column from data2 and one column from data2. The first row of data1 is bitwise OR-ed to the first row value of data2, the second row with the second row, and so on. This row-by-row calculation produces a result for each row up to the last value of the shortest column.

Precision for this macro function is limited to integer values less than

. No negative values are allowed.

The BIT_OR operator can be abbreviated with a vertical bar (|). Use the vertical bar to separate the two columns (for example, to specify BIT_OR(V1, 3), you can simply type V1|3. You also can use OR.

Examples

TEMP = 3 BIT_OR 7 or TEMP = 3 OR 7 or TEMP = 3 | 7

Creates a new column named TEMP containing the value seven (bitwise OR of 011 and 111 equals 111).

TEMP = V1 | 8

Creates a new column named TEMP, where each value is the contents of column V1 bitwise OR-ed with the binary value 1000.

TEMP = V1 | V1

Creates a new column named TEMP containing the same contents as the column V1 (every value OR-ed with itself produces itself).

TEMP = V1 | V2

Creates a new column named TEMP, where each value is the row value of column V1 bitwise OR-ed with the corresponding row value of column V2.

TEMP = V1:V3 | V4:V6

Creates three new columns named TEMP, VX, and VY. The column TEMP contains the values in V1 logically OR-ed with the corresponding row values of column V4. The column VX contains the logically OR-ed values from columns V2 and V5. The column VY contains the logically OR-ed values from columns V3 and V6.

TEMP = V1[10:20] | V2 or TEMP = V1[10:20] | V2[1:11]

Creates a new column named TEMP, where the first 11 cells contain the bitwise OR-ed result of the values in rows 10-20 of column V1 by the values in rows 1-11 of column V2. The other cells in TEMP are empty.

Related Functions

Function	Description
BIT_AND	Computes the bitwise AND between two specified data ranges
BIT_NOT	Computes the bitwise NOT of the contents of the specified data range
BIT_XOR or XOR	Computes the bitwise XOR between two specified data ranges