Using 2 buttons simultaneously to make a 3rd action

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Or read them both together.

void loop(){

buttonState = PORTD; // read D7 to D0 at once
button32State = buttonState & 0b00011000; // mask off the 2 bits in question
switch (button32State){
case 0b00000000:
// none on
digitalWrite (ledPin2, LOW);
digitalWrite (ledPin3, LOW);
break;
case 0b00001000:
// one on
digitalWrite (ledPin2, HIGH);
digitalWrite (ledPin3, LOW);
break;
case 0b00010000:
// other one on
digitalWrite (ledPin2, LOW);
digitalWrite (ledPin3, HIGH);
break;
case 0b00011000:
// bith on
digitalWrite (ledPin2, HIGH);
digitalWrite (ledPin3, HIGH);
break;
} // end of switch case
} // end of loop