MATLAB Functions Help Desk

xor

Purpose

Exclusive or

Syntax

Description

C = xor(A,B) performs an exclusive OR operation on the corresponding elements of arrays A and B. The resulting element C(i,j,...) is logical true (1) if A(i,j,...) or B(i,j,...), but not both, is nonzero.

A

B

C

zero

zero

0

zero

nonzero

1

nonzero

zero

1

nonzero

nonzero

0

Examples

Given A = [0 0 pi eps] and B = [0 -2.4 0 1], then

To see where either A or B has a nonzero element and the other matrix does not,

See Also

&       Logical AND operator

|           Logical OR operator

all         Test to determine if all elements are nonzero

any         Test for any nonzeros

find        Find indices and values of nonzero elements


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