What is ^ operator in C++

Question

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Answer 1

It is a bit-wise exclusive-or (XOR) which means each bit of the result is an ex-or of corresponding bits of arguments.

For example 10 ^ 3 == 9 because:

binary  decimal
1010       10
0011        3
----
1001        9