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JavaScript Atomics and( ) Method

Among the Atomic Operations, there is a method Atomics.and() that is used to compute a bitwise AND operation with a given value at a given position in an array. The old value at that position is returned by Atomics.and() function. No other write operation can happen until the modified value is written back.

Syntax:  

Atomics.and(typedArray, index, value)

Parameters Used:  

  • typedarray: It is the shared integer typed array you want to modify.
  • index: It is the position in the typedArray where you want to compute bitwise AND.
  • value: It is the number you want to compute the bitwise AND with.

Return Value: Atomics.and() returns the old value at the given position (typedArray[index]).

Examples of the above function are provided below.

Examples: 

Input : arr[0] = 9;
        Atomics.and(arr, 0, 3);
Output : 9

Input : arr[0] = 3; 
        Atomics.and(arr, 0, 2);
Output : 3

Examples of the above function are provided below. 

Example 1:  

Javascript




// creating a SharedArrayBuffer
let buf = new SharedArrayBuffer(25);
let arr = new Uint8Array(buf);
 
// Initialising element at zeroth position of
//array with 9
arr[0] = 9;
 
// 9 (1001) AND 3 (0011) =  1 (0001)
// Displaying the return value of the
//Atomics.and() method
console.log(Atomics.and(arr, 0, 3));
 
// Displaying the updated SharedArrayBuffer
console.log(Atomics.load(arr, 0));


Output: 

9
1

Example 2: 

Javascript




// creating a SharedArrayBuffer
let buf = new SharedArrayBuffer(25);
let arr = new Uint8Array(buf);
 
// Initialising element at zeroth position of array with 3
arr[0] = 3;
 
// 3 (0011) AND 2 (0010) =  2 (0010)
// Displaying the return value of the Atomics.and() method
console.log(Atomics.and(arr, 0, 2));
 
// Displaying the updated SharedArrayBuffer
console.log(Atomics.load(arr, 0));


Output: 

3
2

Exceptions : 

  • Throws a TypeError, if typedArray is not one of the allowed integer types.
  • Throws a TypeError, if typedArray is not a shared typed array type.
  • Throws a RangeError, if the index is out of bounds in the typedArray.

Supported Browser:

  • Google Chrome
  • Microsoft Edge
  • Firefox
  • Opera
  • Safari

We have a complete list of Javascript Atomic methods, to check those please go through this JavaScript Atomics Complete Reference article.

We have a Cheat Sheet on Javascript where we covered all the important topics of Javascript to check those please go through Javascript Cheat Sheet-A Basic guide to JavaScript.  

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