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Ruby program to set the specific bit using the bitwise operator
Last Updated : December 15, 2025
Problem Solution
In this program, we will create an integer variable and set the specific bit of a given number using a bitwise operator.
Program/Source Code
The source code to set a specific bit using the bitwise operator is given below. The given program is compiled and executed successfully.
# Ruby program to set the specific bit
# using the bitwise operator
num=5
num = num | (1<<3)
print "Num: ",num
Output
Num: 13
Explanation
In the above program, we created an integer variable num initialized with 5. Then we set the 3rd bit of created variable using bitwise operators and printed the result.
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