Is the ^ operator really the XOR operator in C#?

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RCIX picture RCIX · Oct 2, 2009 · Viewed 20.3k times · Source

I read that the ^ operator is the logical XOR operator in C#, but I also thought it was the "power of" operator. What is the explanation?

Answer

Lasse V. Karlsen picture Lasse V. Karlsen · Oct 2, 2009

It is not the power of operator of C# since there is no such operator in C#. It is just the XOR operator.

For "power of", use Math.Pow.

As you can see from this page on the C# Operators, ^ is listed under the "Logical (boolean and bitwise)" category, which means it can both handle boolean values, and binary values (for bitwise XOR).

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