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Subject: Re: Pipe in the "return" statement
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Hello Archard,

On 25.07.2011, at 16:16, Archard Lias wrote:

> On Jul 25, 2:03 pm, Ian Collins <ian-n...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> On 07/26/11 12:00 AM, Archard Lias wrote:
>>=20
>>> Hi,
>>=20
>>> Still I dont get how I am supposed to understand the pipe and its =
task/
>>> idea/influece on control flow, of:
>>> return<statement>  |<statement>
>>> ??
>>=20
>> It's simply a bitwise OR.
>>=20
>> --
>> Ian Collins
>=20
> Yes, but how does it get determined, which one actually gets returned?

You do a Bitwise OR with numbers. Your statements are both returning =
numbers and those are combined with a bitwise OR. Combining b0001 with =
b0010 results in 0011 for example, you can see this very often done in C =
Code to set and check flags. Here is a gentle introduction:

=
http://www.codeproject.com/KB/tips/Binary_Guide.aspxhttp://www.codeproject=
.com/KB/tips/Binary_Guide.aspx

Cheers
Oliver