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[[["Easy to understand","easyToUnderstand","thumb-up"],["Solved my problem","solvedMyProblem","thumb-up"],["Other","otherUp","thumb-up"]],[["Missing the information I need","missingTheInformationINeed","thumb-down"],["Too complicated / too many steps","tooComplicatedTooManySteps","thumb-down"],["Out of date","outOfDate","thumb-down"],["Samples / code issue","samplesCodeIssue","thumb-down"],["Other","otherDown","thumb-down"]],["Last updated 2023-10-06 UTC."],[[["\u003cp\u003eThis function calculates the bitwise OR of two numbers, \u003ccode\u003eleft\u003c/code\u003e and \u003ccode\u003eright\u003c/code\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThe result is a new number where each bit is set to 1 if the corresponding bit in either \u003ccode\u003eleft\u003c/code\u003e or \u003ccode\u003eright\u003c/code\u003e is 1, otherwise it's set to 0.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eIt's demonstrated with an unsigned 8-bit example where \u003ccode\u003e25\u003c/code\u003e bitwise OR \u003ccode\u003e21\u003c/code\u003e results in \u003ccode\u003e29\u003c/code\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eExamples are provided for JavaScript, Python with \u003ccode\u003egeemap\u003c/code\u003e, and Python in Colab.\u003c/p\u003e\n"]]],["The `bitwiseOr` method computes the bitwise OR of two numbers. It takes a right-hand value (`right`) as an argument and uses the calling number as the left-hand value (`left`). The method returns a new `Number` object representing the result of the OR operation. For instance, the bitwise OR of 25 (00011001) and 21 (00010101) is 29 (00011101), where each digit is 1 if either of the corresponding input digits is 1.\n"],null,["Calculates the bitwise OR of the input values.\n\n\u003cbr /\u003e\n\n| Usage | Returns |\n|---------------------------|---------|\n| Number.bitwiseOr`(right)` | Number |\n\n| Argument | Type | Details |\n|--------------|--------|-----------------------|\n| this: `left` | Number | The left-hand value. |\n| `right` | Number | The right-hand value. |\n\nExamples\n\nCode Editor (JavaScript) \n\n```javascript\n/**\n * Unsigned 8-bit type example.\n *\n * 25 as binary: 00011001\n * 21 as binary: 00010101\n * Either digit 1?: 00011101\n *\n * 00011101 is unsigned 8-bit binary for 29.\n */\n\nprint(ee.Number(25).bitwiseOr(21));\n```\nPython setup\n\nSee the [Python Environment](/earth-engine/guides/python_install) page for information on the Python API and using\n`geemap` for interactive development. \n\n```python\nimport ee\nimport geemap.core as geemap\n```\n\nColab (Python) \n\n```python\n\"\"\"Unsigned 8-bit type example.\n\n25 as binary: 00011001\n21 as binary: 00010101\nEither digit 1?: 00011101\n\n00011101 is unsigned 8-bit binary for 29.\n\"\"\"\n\nprint(ee.Number(25).bitwiseOr(21).getInfo())\n```"]]