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| Summary | Numeric A bit sequence. | 
numeric-expression union numeric-expression
The union of two bit sequences is a new sequence where each bit is:
Other languages sometimes refer to this as the "bit-wise or" because the operation is analogous to the logical "or" operation. OmniMark reserves or and the operator |  for the logical "or" operation in order to avoid confusion. 
This code fragment turns on the lowest order bit in c:
set c to union 1
| Related Concepts Bit-oriented arithmetic | 
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