Is it good practice to use the XOR (^) operator in Java for boolean checks?
- by Pete
I personally like the 'exclusive or' operator when it makes sense in context of boolean checks because of its conciseness. I much prefer to write
if (boolean1 ^ boolean2)
{
//do it
}
than
if((boolean1 && !boolean2) || (boolean2 && !boolean1))
{
//do it
}
but I often get confused looks (from other experienced java…