What does the squiggle (tilde) i.e. `~` operator do in Python? [duplicate]

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What does the squiggle i.e. ~ operator do in Python?

(This is probably Python 101 for most, but I came across ~ in code and had no idea what it was, and it took me a surprising amount of research to figure it out, so hopefully this Q&A can help someone down the road.)

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It's the unary bitwise invert operator.

The unary ~ (invert) operator yields the bitwise inversion of its plain or long integer argument. The bitwise inversion of x is defined as -(x+1). It only applies to integral numbers.