---
title: "^(_:_:)"
framework: swift
role: symbol
role_heading: Operator
path: "swift/uint/_(_:_:)-2yuuu"
---

# ^(_:_:)

Returns the result of performing a bitwise XOR operation on the two given values.

## Declaration

```swift
static func ^ (lhs: Self, rhs: Self) -> Self
```

## Parameters

- `lhs`: An integer value.
- `rhs`: Another integer value.

## Discussion

Discussion A bitwise XOR operation, also known as an exclusive OR operation, results in a value that has each bit set to 1 where one or the other but not both of its arguments had that bit set to 1. For example: let x: UInt8 = 5          // 0b00000101 let y: UInt8 = 14         // 0b00001110 let z = x ^ y             // 0b00001011 // z == 11