The (^) operator is used to perform a bitwise exclusive OR on two expressions.
Syntax
result = expression1 ^ expression2
The ^ operator syntax has these parts:
Part |
Description |
result |
Any variable. |
expression1 |
Any expression. |
expression2 |
Any expression. |
Example
The ^ operator looks at the binary representation of the values of two expressions and does a bitwise exclusive OR operation on them. The result of this operation behaves as follows:
0101 (expression1)
1100 (expression2)
----
1001 (result)
When one, and only one, of the expressions has a 1 in a digit, the result has a 1 in that digit. Otherwise, the result has a 0 in that digit.
For information on when a run-time error is generated by the ^ operator, see the Operator Behavior table.
See also: ^= Operator, Operator Behavior, Operator Precedence, Operator Summary |
