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why doesn't the code

import Data.Bits

a = (.&.) 6 9

give me 

9

Can someone explain to me why this doesn't work. Cheers !

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    Why would you expect it to be 9? Commented Dec 16, 2014 at 15:00
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    On a side note, I came here to check that .&. is indeed how Haskell defines the bitwise and operator. Commented Apr 24, 2018 at 9:46

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Because 6 AND 9 = 0

0110   = 6
&
1001   = 9
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0000   = 0
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