what *p1 ^= *p2; does in c

Question

In C what does this statement do?

*p1 ^= *p2;

p1 and p2 are char pointers pointing to two different address of a char

Answer 1

When apply ^ on char variable, just regard it as int.

define VALUE 11
char c = VALUE;
int i = VALUE;

Cause you can think that the value of c or i are same in memory.