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Description

Bitwise XOR.

The result type depends on whether the arguments are evaluated as binary strings or numbers:

• Binary-string evaluation occurs when the arguments have a binary string type, and at least one of them is not a hexadecimal literal, bit literal, or NULL literal. Numeric evaluation occurs otherwise, with argument conversion to unsigned 64-bit integers as necessary.
• Binary-string evaluation produces a binary string of the same length as the arguments. If the arguments have unequal lengths, an ER_INVALID_BITWISE_OPERANDS_SIZE error occurs. Numeric evaluation produces an unsigned 64-bit integer.

Syntax

1. > SELECT value1 ^ value2;

Examples

1. mysql> SELECT 1 ^ 1;
2. +-------+
3. | 1 ^ 1 |
4. +-------+
5. |     0 |
6. +-------+
7. 1 row in set (0.00 sec)

9. mysql> SELECT 1 ^ 0;
10. +-------+
11. | 1 ^ 0 |
12. +-------+
13. |     1 |
14. +-------+
15. 1 row in set (0.01 sec)

17. mysql> SELECT 11 ^ 3;
18. +--------+
19. | 11 ^ 3 |
20. +--------+
21. |      8 |
22. +--------+
23. 1 row in set (0.01 sec)

25. mysql> select null ^ 2;
26. +----------+
27. | null ^ 2 |
28. +----------+
29. |     NULL |
30. +----------+
31. 1 row in set (0.01 sec)

33. create table t1(a int, b int unsigned);
34. insert into t1 values (-1, 1), (-5, 5);

36. mysql> select a ^ 2, b ^ 2 from t1;
37. +-------+-------+
38. | a ^ 2 | b ^ 2 |
39. +-------+-------+
40. |    -3 |     3 |
41. |    -7 |     7 |
42. +-------+-------+
43. 2 rows in set (0.01 sec)