macOS Difference between inclusive-or and or

[djohnny545]

Hi,

I recently read that Objective C 2.0 uses '|' to represent the inclusive-or bit operator and '^' to represent the or operator.

Could someone please explain the difference between inclusive-or and or?

Thanks very much!

 

[JoshDC]

| is inclusive OR (usually just OR) and gives 1 if either compared bits are 1.

^ is exclusive OR (or XOR) and differs from inclusive or in that if both compared bits are 1 the result is 0.

 

[djohnny545]

Got it, thanks!