What does ^= stands for in c programming? For example see description.

Question

{
*p1^= *p2;
*p2^= *p1;
*p1 ^= *p2
}

Answer 1

^= means bitwise exclusive OR assignment

[https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/c1bc2s4b(v=vs.100).aspx]

Answer 2

int i = 2; 0010 in binary
int j = 5; 0101 in binary

i ^= j; means i = i ^ j;

0010
^ 0101
---------
0111

after that i = 7;

Answer 3

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

int main()
{
int i = 2;
int j = 5;

cout << i << endl;

i ^= j;

cout << i;
}

[https://code.sololearn.com/cHvXMdjMng8d]

Answer 4

can you please elaborate?

Answer 5

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