xor operator

xor operator

Bitwise exclusive or operator

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  exclusive-or-expr  :=  exclusive-or-expr  ^  and-expr   exclusive-or-expr  xor  and-expr  

The bitwise exclusive or operator requires integer or enumeration operands. It performs the usual arithmetic conversions, then does an exclusive or operation on pairs of bits in the operands, resulting in an integer.

The xor operator is interchangeable with the ^ token.

Example

 unsigned bitmask = 0xFFF0; bitmask = bitmask  ^  0x0F12;  // bitmask becomes 0xF0E2. 

See Also

bitand , bitor , expression , xor_eq , Chapter 3, <ciso646>