1 ^ 1 # => 0 1 ^ 2 # => 3 5 ^ 6 # => 3
These are the results I am getting. Can, please, somebody explain how ^ works?
^
It's a bitwise XOR operator.
For each bit in the binary representation of the operands, a bitwise XOR will get a 1 bit if one of the corresponding bits in the operands is 1, but not both, otherwise the XOR will get a 0 bit. Here's an example:
5 = 101 6 = 110 5 ^ 6 = 011 = 3
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