What does a bitwise exclusive OR do in Java?

Question

Given:

public class Spock {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Long tail = 2000L;
        Long distance = 1999L;
        Long story = 1000L         


        

Answer 1

It doesn't print anything because when the XOR operator is used with boolean arguments (as opposed to integers) will only return true if exactly one of the 2 operands is true.

In your first if both parts evaluate to true and true ^ true == false

In your second if both parts evaluate to false and false ^ false == false