What does the “|” in “int style = SWT.APPLICATION_MODAL | SWT.OK;” do (and how to Google it)?

Question

I can\'t search for | in Google. If you had found it in a software source code that you are trying to interpret, you didn\'t know what it does and you couldn\'t ask other pe

Answer 1

Unfortunately, Google is lousy at symbols. Instead, I'd start by looking at the Wikipedia page, and search on there for "|", which is at:

• bitwise logic (~, &, |, ^)

and that page has a pretty good overview of what's what and how to use it.