How to remove an item for a OR'd enum?

Question

I have an enum like:

public enum Blah
{
    RED = 2,
    BLUE = 4,
    GREEN = 8,
    YELLOW = 16
}

Blah colors = Blah.RED | Blah.BLUE | Blah.YELLOW;
         


        

Answer 1

What about xor(^)?

Given that the FLAG you are trying to remove is there, it will work.. if not, you will have to use an &.

public enum Colour
{
    None = 0,  // default value
    RED = 2,
    BLUE = 4,
    GREEN = 8,
    YELLOW = 16,
    Orange = 18  // Combined value of RED and YELLOW
}

colors = (colors ^ Colour.RED) & colors;