In Java, the expression m &= 5
is a compound assignment operator that performs a bitwise AND between the variable m
and the value 5
. It is equivalent to the expression m = m & 5
.
Here's an example in Java:
public class CompoundAssignmentExample {
public static void main(String[] args) {
// Declare variables
int m = 10;
// Compound assignment (bitwise AND with 5)
m &= 5;
// Display the result
System.out.println("The value of m after m &= 5 is: " + m);
}
}
In this example, if m
is initially 10
, after the operation, the value of m
will be 0
. This is because the binary representation of 10
is 1010
, and performing a bitwise AND with 5
(binary 0101
) results in 0000
, which is 0
in decimal.