What does the ^ operator do in Java?

Question

What function does the ^ (caret) operator serve in Java?

When I try this:

int a = 5^n;

...it gives me:

Answer 1

XOR operator rule =>

0 ^ 0 = 0
1 ^ 1 = 0
0 ^ 1 = 1
1 ^ 0 = 1

Binary representation of 4, 5 and 6 :

4 = 1 0 0 
5 = 1 0 1
6 = 1 1 0

now, perform XOR operation on 5 and 4:

     5 ^ 4 => 1  0  1   (5)
              1  0  0   (4)
            ----------
              0  0  1   => 1

Similarly,

5 ^ 5 => 1   0   1    (5)
         1   0   1    (5)
       ------------
         0   0   0   => (0)


5 ^ 6 => 1   0   1  (5)
         1   1   0  (6)
        -----------
         0   1   1  => 3