# Bitwise AND Assignment Operator (&=) (JavaScript)

Sets the result of a bitwise AND operation on the value of a variable and the value of an expression. The variable and the expression are treated as 32-bit integers.

result &= expression

result

Any variable.

expression

Any expression.

## Remarks

Using this operator is the same as specifying:

result = result & expression

The Bitwise AND Operator (&) (JavaScript) looks at the binary representation of the values of result and expression and does a bitwise AND operation on them. The output of this operation behaves like this:

// 9 is 00000000000000000000000000001001
var expr1 = 9;

// 5 is 00000000000000000000000000000101
var expr2 = 5;

// 1 is 00000000000000000000000000000001
expr1 &= expr2;

document.write(expr1);

Any time both of the expressions have a 1 in a digit, the result has a 1 in that digit. Otherwise, the result has a 0 in that digit.

## Requirements

Supported in the following document modes: Quirks, Internet Explorer 6 standards, Internet Explorer 7 standards, Internet Explorer 8 standards, Internet Explorer 9 standards, Internet Explorer 10 standards, Internet Explorer 11 standards. Also supported in Store apps (Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8.1). See Version Information.