#!/usr/bin/perl -l $a="0101"; $b="1110"; print "$a & $b = " . ($a & $b); print "$a | $b = " . ($a | $b); print "$a ^ $b = " .(($a ^ $b) | "0000"); # this one is a little tricky __OUTPUT__ 0101 & 1110 = 0100 0101 | 1110 = 1111 0101 ^ 1110 = 1011