Bitwise COMPLEMENT Operator

The ~ operator is a unary (prefix) bitwise COMPLEMENT operator. This should not be confused with the ! operator which is a logical NOT operator. The ~ operator expects an integer right hand operand. If the operand is a string, it will be automatically coerced to an integer before the COMPLEMENT operator is applied.

syntax:

	~ <right_expr>

<right_expr> is refered to as the right operand and may be a simple value or complex expression.

e.g.
	~ 0x1234				yields 0xEDCB
	~ 0x00E0				yields 0xFFFFFF1F

	~ 0					yields -1 ( as hex 0xFFFFFFFF)
	~ -1					yields 0