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Function name:

BITXOR

Category:

Mathematical

Summary:

Performs a bitwise XOR (exclusive OR) binary operation on two non-negative integer values.

Syntax:

BITXOR(Number1; Number2)

Returns:

Returns an integer in the range [0, 2⁴⁸-1], which is the result of the bitwise XOR operation on the two supplied numbers.

Arguments:

Number1 is an integer in the range [0, 2⁴⁸-1], or a reference to a cell containing that number, that is the first value for the bitwise XOR operation.

Number2 is an integer in the range [0, 2⁴⁸-1], or a reference to a cell containing that number, that is the second value for the bitwise XOR operation.

If either Number1 or Number2 is non-numeric, then BITXOR reports a #VALUE! error.
If either Number1 or Number2 is a non-integer value, then BITXOR truncates that value to an integer.
If either Number1 or Number2 is less than 0 or greater than 2⁴⁸-1, then BITXOR reports an invalid argument error (Err:502).

Additional details:

More information is available on Wikipedia’s Bitwise operation page.
2⁴⁸ is equal to 281474976710656.

Examples:

Formula	Description	Returns
=BITXOR(6; 10)	6 is binary 0110 and 10 is binary 1010. The function evaluates `0110 XOR 1010` and returns decimal 12 (binary 1100).	12
=BITXOR(D1; D2) where cells D1 and D2 contain the numbers 123 and 156 respectively.	123 is binary 01111011 and 156 is binary 10011100. The function evaluates `01111011 XOR 10011100` and returns decimal 231 (binary 11100111).	231
=BITXOR(6.123; 10.9)	The floor values of the two arguments are taken, giving 6 (binary 0110) and 10 (binary 1010). The function evaluates `0110 XOR 1010` and returns decimal 12 (binary 1100).	12

Related LibreOffice functions:

ODF standard:

Section 6.6.6, part 2

Related (or similar) Excel functions:

BITXOR since v.2013.