scala bitwise and in condition : cannot be applied to (Boolean)

Question

I wanted to perform bitwise and operation in an if condition, and based on the matching condition return a particular int.

def test(x: Int): Int= {
    var y = 0
    if(x & 3 == 3){
        y = 3 
    }
    else if( //another condition) {
        y = 8
    } 
    y
}

However, I keep on getting this error: overloaded method value & with alternatives:

cannot be applied to (Boolean) if(x & 3 == 3)

I started exploring this Scala Int Compare Method.

Is this approach correct?

def test2(x: Int): Int= {
    var y = 0
    if((x & 3).compare(3) == 0){
        y = 3 
    }
        y 
}

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/65947374/scala-bitwise-and-in-condition-cannot-be-applied-to-boolean

Answer 1

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