[expr.xor]

The ^ operator groups left-to-right.

The operands shall be of integral or unscoped enumeration type.

The usual arithmetic conversions ([expr.arith.conv]) are performed.

Given the coefficients

x_{i}

and

y_{i}

of the base-2 representation ([basic.fundamental]) of the converted operands x and y, the coefficient

r_{i}

of the base-2 representation of the result r is 1 if either (but not both) of

x_{i}

and

y_{i}

is 1, and 0 otherwise.

[Note 1:

The result is the bitwise exclusive or function of the operands.

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7 Expressions [expr]