What is the use of caret (^) in java?

Answer 1

Bitwise exclusive or (xor) operator:
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Answer 2

Bitwise OR operator.
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/10217390/what-does-caret-mean-in-java
https://www.javatpoint.com/bitwise-operator-in-java
https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/bitwise-operators-in-java/

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Answer 3

Bitwise Exclusive Or has a number of uses. It would be easier to answer if you could share some code where you have seen it used. I use it mostly as a bit toggling function - to flip bits to their opposite value.

The operation can be considered as a != test. If the two bits being compared are found to be not equal to each other, then the resulting bit value is 1 (true). If the bits have the same value then the resulting bit value is 0 (false).