Can any body tell me what this "^" does in a program.For example 60 ^ 40 gives me 20 when I run it

Question

I need an answer

Answer 1

MK MICHAEL
it is called xor and it works with the bits of the number
60 in binary 111100
40 in binary 101000
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010100 20
it will output 1 if the two bits are different

Answer 2

Look for bitwise exclusive OR here

https://www.sololearn.com/learn/4070/?ref=app