title: Change the least significant bit (LSB) in java
body: <p>I am trying to change the LSB of a numerical value, say 50 which LSB is 0 because 50 % 2 is 0 (remainder operator) to a value of 1. Thus change the LSB from 0 to 1 in this case.
  The code is below:</p>
  
  <pre><code>//Get the LSB from 50 using the modulas operator
  lsb = 50 % 2;
  
  //if the character equals 1
  //and the least significant bit is 0, add 1
  if(binaryValue == '1' &amp;&amp; lsb ==0)
  {
       //This clearly does not work.
       //How do I assign the altered LSB (1) to the value of 50?
       50 = lsb + 1;
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I am having problems inside the if statement, where I am tying to assign the altered LSB, which in this case is 1 to the value of 50. This is not the full code, thus all values are different.
  Thanks</p>