8.7. Bitwise Functions

bit_count(x, bits) → bigint

Count the number of bits set in x (treated as bits-bit signed integer) in 2’s complement representation:

SELECT bit_count(9, 64); -- 2
SELECT bit_count(9, 8); -- 2
SELECT bit_count(-7, 64); -- 62
SELECT bit_count(-7, 8); -- 6

bitwise_and(x, y) → bigint

Returns the bitwise AND of x and y in 2’s complement representation.

bitwise_not(x) → bigint

Returns the bitwise NOT of x in 2’s complement representation.

bitwise_or(x, y) → bigint

Returns the bitwise OR of x and y in 2’s complement representation.

bitwise_xor(x, y) → bigint

Returns the bitwise XOR of x and y in 2’s complement representation.

bitwise_shift_left(x, shift, bits) → bigint

Left shift operation on x (treated as bits-bit integer) shifted by shift.

SELECT bitwise_shift_left(7, 2, 4); – 12 SELECT bitwise_shift_left(7, 2, 64); – 28

bitwise_logical_shift_right(x, shift, bits) → bigint

Logical right shift operation on x (treated as bits-bit integer) shifted by shift.

SELECT bitwise_logical_shift_right(7, 2, 4); – 1 SELECT bitwise_logical_shift_right(-8, 2, 5); – 6

bitwise_arithmetic_shift_right(x, shift) → bigint

Arithmetic right shift operation on x shifted by shift in 2’s complement representation.

SELECT bitwise_arithmetic_shift_right(-8, 2); – -2 SELECT bitwise_arithmetic_shift_right(7, 2); – 1

See also bitwise_and_agg() and bitwise_or_agg().