What does '^' do in c# (Enums)?

Question

I was reading some 3rd party code and I found this:

x.Flags = x.Flags ^ Flags.Hidden;

What does it do?

I\'ve used \'&\' and \'|

Answer 1

That would be the 'xor' operator. In your example code, it would toggle the Flags.Hidden either on or off, depending on the current value of x.Flags.

The benefit of doing it this way is that it allows you to change the setting for Flags.Hidden without affecting any other flags that have been set.