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ActionScript 2.0 Language Reference > ActionScript language elements > Operators > &= bitwise AND assignment operator

&= bitwise AND assignment operator

expression1 &= expression2

Assigns expression1 the value of expression1& expression2. For example, the following two expressions are equivalent:

x &= y; 
x = x & y; 

Availability: ActionScript 1.0; Flash Player 5

Operands

expression1 : Number - A number.

expression2 : Number - A number.

Returns

Number - The value of expression1 & expression2 .

Example

The following example assigns the value 9 to x:

var x:Number = 15; 
var y:Number = 9; 
trace(x &= y); // output: 9 

See also

& bitwise AND operator, ^ bitwise XOR operator, ^= bitwise XOR assignment operator, | bitwise OR operator, |= bitwise OR assignment operator, ~ bitwise NOT operator

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