^ operator in java [duplicate]

Answer 1

That's the bitwise exclusive OR operation. Check out the Bitwise and Bit Shift Operators section of the Java tutorials for more information.

Answer 2

This is the same as ^ in most languages, just an XOR.

false ^ false == false
true ^ false == true
false ^ true == true
true ^ true == false 

Answer 3

Some of the other answers only say it is a bitwise XOR, but note that it can also be a logical XOR if the operands are of boolean type, according to this source.

Answer 4

It's bitwise XOR.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exclusive_or

Answer 5

In java ^ operator used for bitwise XOR operation.

Follow this link to see the operator precedence also.

http://www.uni-bonn.de/~manfear/javaoperators.php