java operators

In Java, there are many types of operators like arithmetic, logical, relational, bitwise, etc.

So the sign "^" comes under the category of BitWise operators which can be applied to int, long, short, byte,etc.
This  operators basically works on bits and proceed bit by bit for any type of operation like "^", "&", "|", etc.
The sign "^" is known as Binary Exclusive OR (XOR) operator that copies the bit of only one operand at a time.
For example:

a=1001011=75

b=1101110=110

then

a^b=0100101=37      (1+1=0, 1+0=1, 0+0=0, 0+1=1) 

For more detail about the Java Operators, follow the link.

 

Thank you.