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Bitwise AND `rhs` into this array and return a reference to this object.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bdlc_bitarray.h>`

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== Description

Bitwise AND the value of the specified `rhs` array with the value of this array (retaining the results), and return a non‐`const` reference to this object. The length of the result will be the maximum of the lengths of this object and `rhs`, where any most‐significant bits that are represented in one of the two but not the other will be set to 0. Note that `a &= b;` will result in the same value of `a` as `a = a & b;`.

== Return Value

non‐`const` reference to this object

== Parameters

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| Name| Description
| *rhs*
| array providing the bits to AND with this array
|===


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