Plz. Explain the output

help
1

include

using namespace std;

int main() {
int x=5;
int y=x & 2;
cout << y<<endl;
x=3;
y=x & 2;
cout<<y;
return 0;
}
/* OUTPUT IS 0 AND 3
PLEASE EXPLAIN THIS STRANGE OUTPUT
*/

2

I get

0
2

which seems correct to me.

3

But what is meaning of y=x & 2;
Explain please…

4

It assigns the bitwise AND of x and 2 to y.

x=5, in binary, is:

101

2 in binary is

010

so 5 \& 2 is

000
5

Thankyou I got it …

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