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In this tutorial, we will Explore Various Logical Operators Supported in Java such as NOT, OR, XOR Java or Bitwise Exclusive Operator in Java With Examples:<\/p>\n

In one of our earlier tutorials on Java Operator, we saw the different types of operators available in Java. Here, we will explore the Logical Operators supported by Java in detail.<\/p>\n

First, let\u2019s see what Logical Operators are?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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What Are Logical Operators?<\/h3>\n

Java supports the following conditional operators that are also called as Logical Operators:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t
Operator<\/strong><\/th>Description<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
&&<\/td>Conditional-AND<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
||<\/td>Conditional-OR<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
!<\/td>Logical NOT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n

Java also supports the following<\/strong> Bitwise Logical Operator<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\t\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n

These logical operations are performed on two Boolean expressions.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s see these operators in details :<\/strong><\/p>\n

^<\/th>Bitwise exclusive OR
\nAlso known as XOR<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
\n\n\n\t\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n

Bitwise exclusive OR or XOR ^ is binary operator performs a bit by bit exclusive OR operation.<\/p>\n

It performs the operation as follows:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  • If both the bits are the same, then the XOR operator returns the result as ‘0’.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • If both the bits are different, then the XOR operator returns the result as ‘1’.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
^<\/th>Bitwise exclusive OR
\nAlso known as XOR<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t
x<\/th>y<\/th>x ^ y<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
true<\/td>false<\/td>true<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
true<\/td>true<\/td>false<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
false<\/td>true<\/td>true<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
false<\/td>false<\/td>false<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n

XOR operator follows an evaluation order from the left to right order.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Let us have a look at the following Java sample that illustrated the use of Java xor Operators:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\r\npublic class XorDemo {\r\n   public static void main(String[] args) {\r\n      boolean a = true;\r\n      boolean b = false;\r\n      boolean result = a ^ b;\r\n      System.out.println("a ^ b: "+ result); \/\/prints the result true\r\n\r\n      a = true;\r\n      b = true;\r\n      result = a ^ b;\r\n      System.out.println("a ^ b: "+ result); \/\/prints the result false\r\n\r\n      a = false;\r\n      b = true;\r\n      result = a ^ b;\r\n      System.out.println("a ^ b: "+ result); \/\/prints the result true\r\n\r\n      a = false;\r\n      b = false;\r\n      result = a ^ b;\r\n      System.out.println("a ^ b: "+ result); \/\/prints the result false\r\n   }\r\n}\r\n<\/pre>\n
This program prints the following output:<\/strong><\/p>\n
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Let’s see how this XOR operation takes place for integer values with the following example:<\/strong><\/p>\n
To perform Java XOR operation on integer values like int 6 and int 10,<\/p>\n
XOR happens on binary values of 6 i.e. 0110 and 10 i.e. 1010.<\/p>\n
So XOR on 6 and 10 as follows :<\/strong><\/p>\n
0110<\/strong>
\n ^<\/strong>
\n 1010<\/strong>
\n=======<\/strong>
\n 1100<\/strong><\/p>\n
Result returned is the integer value of 1100 is 12<\/p>\n
Given below is the sample Java program to perform XOR on two integers:<\/strong><\/p>\n
\r\npublic class XorDemo1 {\r\n  public static void main(String[] args) {\r\n\tint x = 6;\/\/ Binary value of 6 is 0110\r\n\tint y = 10;\/\/ Binary value of 10 is\t1010\r\n\tint result = x^y;\/\/ xor operation on 0110^1010 which gives 1100\r\n        System.out.println("result: "+result);\/\/integer value of 1100 is 12\r\n   }\r\n}\r\n\r\n<\/pre>\n
This program prints the following output:<\/strong><\/p>\n
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Frequently Asked Questions And Answers<\/h3>\n
Q #1) What is the XOR operation?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n
Answer:<\/strong> Bitwise exclusive OR or XOR ^ is a binary operator that performs a bit by bit exclusive OR operation.<\/p>\n
Q #2) How is XOR calculated?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n
Answer:<\/strong> Bitwise exclusive OR or XOR ^\u00a0 performs a bit by bit exclusive OR operation as follows:<\/p>\n