bitwise-exclusive-or-equals-transact-sql.md

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^= (Bitwise Exclusive OR Assignment) (Transact-SQL)

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Performs a bitwise exclusive OR operation between two integer values, and sets a value to the result of the operation.

Transact-SQL Syntax Conventions

Syntax

expression ^= expression  

Arguments

expression
Is any valid expression of any one of the data types in the numeric category except the bit data type.

Result Types

Returns the data type of the argument with the higher precedence. For more information, see Data Type Precedence (Transact-SQL).

Remarks

For more information, see ^ (Bitwise Exclusive OR) (Transact-SQL).

See Also

Compound Operators (Transact-SQL)
Expressions (Transact-SQL)
Operators (Transact-SQL)
Bitwise Operators (Transact-SQL)