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name: how-to-do-bitwise-operations-in-dart description: Explore Dart's bitwise operations for both integers and booleans, including AND, OR (inclusive & exclusive), NAND, NOR, and XNOR, with practical code examples. metadata: url: https://rodydavis.com/posts/dart/bitwise last_modified: Tue, 03 Feb 2026 20:04:33 GMT

How to do Bitwise operations in Dart

In Dart it is possible to do Bitwise Operations with int and bool types.

AND

Checks if the left and right side are both true. Learn more.

// int
print(0 & 1); // 0
print(1 & 0); // 0
print(1 & 1); // 1
print(0 & 0); // 0

// bool
print(false & true); // false
print(true & false); // false
print(true & true); // true
print(false & false); // false

OR

Inclusive

Checks if either the left or right side are true. Learn more.

// int
print(0 | 1); // 1
print(1 | 0); // 1
print(1 | 1); // 1
print(0 | 0); // 0

// bool
print(false | true); // true
print(true | false); // true
print(true | true); // true
print(false | false); // false

Exclusive

Checks if both the left or right side are true but not both. Learn more.

// int
print(0 ^ 1); // 1
print(1 ^ 0); // 1
print(1 ^ 1); // 0
print(0 ^ 0); // 0

// bool
print(false ^ true); // true
print(true ^ false); // true
print(true ^ true); // false
print(false ^ false); // false

NAND

Negated AND operation.

// int
print(~(0 & 1) & 1); // 1
print(~(1 & 0) & 1); // 1
print(~(1 & 1) & 1); // 0
print(~(0 & 0) & 1); // 1

// bool
print(!(false & true)); // true
print(!(true & false)); // true
print(!(true & true)); // false
print(!(false & false)); // true

NOR

Negated inclusive OR operation.

// int
print(~(0 | 1) & 1); // 0
print(~(1 | 0) & 1); // 0
print(~(1 | 1) & 1); // 0
print(~(0 | 0) & 1); // 1

// bool
print(!(false | true)); // false
print(!(true | false)); // false
print(!(true | true)); // false
print(!(false | false)); // true

XNOR

Negated exclusive OR operation.

// int
print(~(0 ^ 1) & 1); // 0
print(~(1 ^ 0) & 1); // 0
print(~(1 ^ 1) & 1); // 1
print(~(0 ^ 0) & 1); // 1

// bool
print(!(false ^ true)); // false
print(!(true ^ false)); // false
print(!(true ^ true)); // true
print(!(false ^ false)); // true