Bitwixe XOR Expression

The bitwise or expression is used to compute the bit-by-bit Boolean XOR (exclusive OR) of two integer values. 

• The bitwise XOR expression is typically used to toggle the bits of an integer used as a bit field. 

Syntax Diagrams

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BNF

bitwise-xor-expression

::= <bitwise-and-expression>

::= <bitwise-xor-additive-expression> <bitwise-xor-operator> <bitwise-and-expression>

bitwise-xor-operator

::= '^'

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EBNF

bitwise-xor-expression

::= <bitwise-and-expression> ( <bitwise-xor-operator> <bitwise-and-expression> ) *

bitwise-xor-operator

::= '^'

bitwise-xor-operator

The operands of the XOR operator should be of int type. 

The operands of the XOR operator will be coerced to int type if possible. 

bitwise-xor-expression

For each bit position, the result is 0 iff the operands are equal in that bit position.

For each bit position, the result is 1 iff the operands are unequal in that bit position.

The value of each bit is the boolean XOR of that bit of the operands:

Boolean XOR
Operands		Value
0	0	0
0	1	1
1	0	1
1	1	0

The bitwise XOR operator uses full evaluation.  It does not short circuit.