BitArray.Xor(BitArray) Method

public:
 System::Collections::BitArray ^ Xor(System::Collections::BitArray ^ value);

public System.Collections.BitArray Xor(System.Collections.BitArray value);

member this.Xor : System.Collections.BitArray -> System.Collections.BitArray

Public Function Xor (value As BitArray) As BitArray

Parameters

Returns

An array containing the result of the bitwise exclusive OR operation, which is a reference to the current BitArray object.

Exceptions

Examples

The following code example shows how to perform the XOR operation between two BitArray objects.

using System;
using System.Collections;
public class SamplesBitArray  {

   public static void Main()  {

      // Creates and initializes two BitArrays of the same size.
      BitArray myBA1 = new BitArray( 4 );
      BitArray myBA2 = new BitArray( 4 );
      myBA1[0] = myBA1[1] = false;
      myBA1[2] = myBA1[3] = true;
      myBA2[0] = myBA2[2] = false;
      myBA2[1] = myBA2[3] = true;

      // Performs a bitwise XOR operation between BitArray instances of the same size.
      Console.WriteLine( "Initial values" );
      Console.Write( "myBA1:" );
      PrintValues( myBA1, 8 );
      Console.Write( "myBA2:" );
      PrintValues( myBA2, 8 );
      Console.WriteLine();

      Console.WriteLine( "Result" );
      Console.Write( "XOR:" );
      PrintValues( myBA1.Xor( myBA2 ), 8 );
      Console.WriteLine();

      Console.WriteLine( "After XOR" );
      Console.Write( "myBA1:" );
      PrintValues( myBA1, 8 );
      Console.Write( "myBA2:" );
      PrintValues( myBA2, 8 );
      Console.WriteLine();

      // Performing XOR between BitArray instances of different sizes returns an exception.
      try  {
         BitArray myBA3 = new BitArray( 8 );
         myBA3[0] = myBA3[1] = myBA3[2] = myBA3[3] = false;
         myBA3[4] = myBA3[5] = myBA3[6] = myBA3[7] = true;
         myBA1.Xor( myBA3 );
      } catch ( Exception myException )  {
         Console.WriteLine("Exception: " + myException.ToString());
      }
   }

   public static void PrintValues( IEnumerable myList, int myWidth )  {
      int i = myWidth;
      foreach ( Object obj in myList ) {
         if ( i <= 0 )  {
            i = myWidth;
            Console.WriteLine();
         }
         i--;
         Console.Write( "{0,8}", obj );
      }
      Console.WriteLine();
   }
}


/*
This code produces the following output.

Initial values
myBA1:   False   False    True    True
myBA2:   False    True   False    True

Result
XOR:   False    True    True   False

After XOR
myBA1:   False    True    True   False
myBA2:   False    True   False    True

Exception: System.ArgumentException: Array lengths must be the same.
   at System.Collections.BitArray.Xor(BitArray value)
   at SamplesBitArray.Main()

*/

Imports System.Collections

Public Class SamplesBitArray    
    
    Public Shared Sub Main()
        
        ' Creates and initializes two BitArrays of the same size.
        Dim myBA1 As New BitArray(4)
        Dim myBA2 As New BitArray(4)
        myBA1(0) = False
        myBA1(1) = False
        myBA1(2) = True
        myBA1(3) = True
        myBA2(0) = False
        myBA2(2) = False
        myBA2(1) = True
        myBA2(3) = True
        
        ' Performs a bitwise XOR operation between BitArray instances of the same size.
        Console.WriteLine("Initial values")
        Console.Write("myBA1:")
        PrintValues(myBA1, 8)
        Console.Write("myBA2:")
        PrintValues(myBA2, 8)
        Console.WriteLine()
        
        Console.WriteLine("Result")
        Console.Write("XOR:")
        PrintValues(myBA1.Xor(myBA2), 8)
        Console.WriteLine()
        
        Console.WriteLine("After XOR")
        Console.Write("myBA1:")
        PrintValues(myBA1, 8)
        Console.Write("myBA2:")
        PrintValues(myBA2, 8)
        Console.WriteLine()
        
        ' Performing XOR between BitArray instances of different sizes returns an exception.
        Try
            Dim myBA3 As New BitArray(8)
            myBA3(0) = False
            myBA3(1) = False
            myBA3(2) = False
            myBA3(3) = False
            myBA3(4) = True
            myBA3(5) = True
            myBA3(6) = True
            myBA3(7) = True
            myBA1.Xor(myBA3)
        Catch myException As Exception
            Console.WriteLine("Exception: " + myException.ToString())
        End Try
    End Sub
    
    Public Shared Sub PrintValues(myList As IEnumerable, myWidth As Integer)
        Dim i As Integer = myWidth
        Dim obj As [Object]
        For Each obj In  myList
            If i <= 0 Then
                i = myWidth
                Console.WriteLine()
            End If
            i -= 1
            Console.Write("{0,8}", obj)
        Next obj
        Console.WriteLine()
    End Sub

End Class


' This code produces the following output.
' 
' Initial values
' myBA1:   False   False    True    True
' myBA2:   False    True   False    True
' 
' Result
' XOR:   False    True    True   False
' 
' After XOR
' myBA1:   False    True    True   False
' myBA2:   False    True   False    True
' 
' Exception: System.ArgumentException: Array lengths must be the same.
'    at System.Collections.BitArray.Xor(BitArray value)
'    at SamplesBitArray.Main()

Remarks

The bitwise exclusive OR operation returns true if exactly one operand is true, and returns false if both operands have the same Boolean value.

This method is an O(n) operation, where n is Count.