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Ruby program to clear the specific bit using the bitwise operator
Last Updated : December 15, 2025
Problem Solution
In this program, we will create an integer variable and clear the specific bit of a given number using the bitwise operator.
Program/Source Code
The source code to clear specific bit using the bitwise operator is given below. The given program is compiled and executed successfully.
# Ruby program to clear the specific bit
# using the bitwise operator
num=12
num = num & ~(1<<3)
print "Num: ",num
Output
Num: 4
Explanation
In the above program, we created an integer variable num initialized with 12. Then we clear the 3rd bit of created variable using bitwise operators and print the result.
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