Bitwise XOR assignment (^=)

The bitwise XOR assignment (^=) operator performs bitwise XOR on the two operands and assigns the result to the left operand.

Try it

let a = 5; // 00000000000000000000000000000101
a ^= 3; // 00000000000000000000000000000011

console.log(a); // 00000000000000000000000000000110
// Expected output: 6

Syntax

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x ^= y

Description

x ^= y is equivalent to x = x ^ y, except that the expression x is only evaluated once.

Examples

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Using bitwise XOR assignment

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let a = 5; // (00000000000000000000000000000101)
a ^= 3; // (00000000000000000000000000000011)

console.log(a); // 6 (00000000000000000000000000000110)

let b = 5; // (00000000000000000000000000000101)
b ^= 0; // (00000000000000000000000000000000)

console.log(b); // 5 (00000000000000000000000000000101)

let c = 5n;
c ^= 3n;
console.log(c); // 6n

Specifications

See also