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ee.Number.bitwiseXor

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The bitwiseXor method calculates the bitwise XOR of two number values.
This method is called on a Number object ( left ) and takes another number ( right ) as an argument.
It returns a Number which is the result of the bitwise XOR operation.
Examples are provided in both JavaScript and Python, illustrating how to use the method with 8-bit binary representation and showing the expected output.

Calculates the bitwise XOR of the input values.

Usage	Returns
`Number. bitwiseXor (right)`	Number

Argument	Type	Details
this: `left`	Number	The left-hand value.
`right`	Number	The right-hand value.

Examples

Code Editor (JavaScript)

 /** 
 * Unsigned 8-bit type example. 
 * 
 * 25 as binary:         00011001 
 * 21 as binary:         00010101 
 * Only one digit is 1?: 00001100 
 * 
 * 00001100 is unsigned 8-bit binary for 12. 
 */ 
 print 
 ( 
 ee 
 . 
 Number 
 ( 
 25 
 ). 
 bitwiseXor 
 ( 
 21 
 ));

Python setup

See the Python Environment page for information on the Python API and using geemap for interactive development.

 import 
  
 ee 
 import 
  
 geemap.core 
  
 as 
  
 geemap

Colab (Python)

 """Unsigned 8-bit type example. 
 25 as binary:         00011001 
 21 as binary:         00010101 
 Only one digit is 1?: 00001100 
 00001100 is unsigned 8-bit binary for 12. 
 """ 
 display 
 ( 
 ee 
 . 
 Number 
 ( 
 25 
 ) 
 . 
 bitwiseXor 
 ( 
 21 
 ))

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Examples

Code Editor (JavaScript)

Colab (Python)

ee.Number.bitwiseXor