Can anyone explain the use of ^ operator in java with some examples?
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This is the same as ^ in most languages, just an XOR.
false ^ false == false
true ^ false == true
false ^ true == true
true ^ true == false
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14Well, not _any_ language - VB uses ^ for exponentiation. – gkrogers Jan 20 '09 at 09:15
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26Yes but VB always uses different stuff anyway... ;) – Pierre-Adrien Oct 11 '09 at 23:38
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5Lua also uses ^ for exponentiation. – Ziggy Nov 21 '14 at 21:40
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1BTW: It could be repleced by simple `a != b` – Grigory Kislin Jun 28 '19 at 20:02
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Some of the other answers only say it is a bitwise XOR, but note that it can also be a logical XOR if the operands are of boolean type, according to this source.
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That's the bitwise exclusive OR operation. Check out the Bitwise and Bit Shift Operators section of the Java tutorials for more information.
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In java ^ operator used for bitwise XOR operation.
Follow this link to see the operator precedence also.
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