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title: bitwise.sxor() function
description: >
  `bitwise.sxor()` performs the bitwise operation, `a XOR b`, with integers.
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`bitwise.sxor()` performs the bitwise operation, `a XOR b`, with integers.



##### Function type signature

```js
(a: int, b: int) => int
```

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## Parameters

### a
({{< req >}})
Left hand operand.



### b
({{< req >}})
Right hand operand.




## Examples

- [Perform a bitwise XOR operation](#perform-a-bitwise-xor-operation)
- [Perform a bitwise XOR operation on a stream of tables](#perform-a-bitwise-xor-operation-on-a-stream-of-tables)

### Perform a bitwise XOR operation

```js
import "bitwise"

bitwise.sxor(a: 1234, b: 4567)// Returns 5381


```


### Perform a bitwise XOR operation on a stream of tables

```js
import "bitwise"
import "sampledata"

sampledata.int()
    |> map(fn: (r) => ({r with _value: bitwise.sxor(a: r._value, b: 3)}))

```

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#### Input data

| _time                | _value  | *tag |
| -------------------- | ------- | ---- |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z | -2      | t1   |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:10Z | 10      | t1   |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:20Z | 7       | t1   |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:30Z | 17      | t1   |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:40Z | 15      | t1   |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:50Z | 4       | t1   |

| _time                | _value  | *tag |
| -------------------- | ------- | ---- |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z | 19      | t2   |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:10Z | 4       | t2   |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:20Z | -3      | t2   |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:30Z | 19      | t2   |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:40Z | 13      | t2   |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:50Z | 1       | t2   |


#### Output data

| _time                | _value  | *tag |
| -------------------- | ------- | ---- |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z | -3      | t1   |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:10Z | 9       | t1   |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:20Z | 4       | t1   |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:30Z | 18      | t1   |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:40Z | 12      | t1   |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:50Z | 7       | t1   |

| _time                | _value  | *tag |
| -------------------- | ------- | ---- |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z | 16      | t2   |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:10Z | 7       | t2   |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:20Z | -2      | t2   |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:30Z | 16      | t2   |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:40Z | 14      | t2   |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:50Z | 2       | t2   |

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