Discussion: Casting Spells with 1s and 0s
Explore how the double tilde bitwise NOT operator works in JavaScript to truncate decimal numbers and convert them to integers. Understand the binary flipping process, why it produces certain results, and when to prefer standard functions like Math.floor for safe conversions beyond 32-bit integer ranges.
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Verifying the output
Now, it’s time to execute the code and observe the output.
Bitwise NOT operator
The tilde (~) symbol in JavaScript is known as the bitwise NOT operator. It takes the binary representation of a number and flips all the bits, resulting in a new number. Now, the thing is, bitwise operators in JavaScript work with integers, not floating-point numbers.