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Amit Mishra
Amit Mishra

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Bitwise or mathematical which operator is best to swap two number?

Hi dev...share your observations?

 x = x^y;
 y = x^y;
 x = x^y;


 Or

 temp = x;
 x = y;
 y = temp;
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Which one is better?

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Vincent Milum Jr

The second is computationally faster, and it is clearer to read, clearly showing developer intent. It also works on non-integer data types, too.

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