Bitwise XOR assignment (^=)

The bitwise XOR assignment (^=) operator uses the binary representation of both operands, does a bitwise XOR operation on them and assigns the result to the variable.

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Syntax

x ^= y // x = x ^ y

Examples

Using bitwise XOR assignment

let a = 5; // (00000000000000000000000000000101)
a ^= 3; // (00000000000000000000000000000011)

console.log(a); // 6 (00000000000000000000000000000110)

let b = 5; // (00000000000000000000000000000101)
b ^= 0; // (00000000000000000000000000000000)

console.log(b); // 5 (00000000000000000000000000000101)

Specifications

Specification
ECMAScript Language Specification
# sec-assignment-operators

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