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+## Copyright (C) 1995-2012 Kurt Hornik
+##
+## This file is part of Octave.
+##
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+
+## -*- texinfo -*-
+## @deftypefn {Mapping Function} {@var{z} =} xor (@var{x}, @var{y})
+## Return the `exclusive or' of the entries of @var{x} and @var{y}.
+## For boolean expressions @var{x} and @var{y},
+## @code{xor (@var{x}, @var{y})} is true if and only if one of @var{x} or
+## @var{y} is true. Otherwise, for @var{x} and @var{y} both true or both
+## false, @code{xor} returns false.
+##
+## The truth table for the xor operation is
+##
+## @multitable @columnfractions 0.44 .03 .05 .03 0.44
+## @item @tab @var{x} @tab @var{y} @tab @var{z} @tab
+## @item @tab 0 @tab 0 @tab 0 @tab
+## @item @tab 1 @tab 0 @tab 1 @tab
+## @item @tab 0 @tab 1 @tab 1 @tab
+## @item @tab 1 @tab 1 @tab 0 @tab
+## @end multitable
+##
+## @seealso{and, or, not}
+## @end deftypefn
+
+## Author: KH <Kurt.Hornik@wu-wien.ac.at>
+## Created: 16 September 1994
+## Adapted-By: jwe
+
+function z = xor (x, y)
+
+ if (nargin == 2)
+ if (isscalar (x) || isscalar (y) || size_equal (x, y))
+ ## Typecast to logicals is necessary for other numeric types.
+ z = logical (x) != logical (y);
+ else
+ try
+ z = bsxfun (@xor, x, y);
+ catch
+ error ("xor: X and Y must be of compatible size or scalars");
+ end_try_catch
+ endif
+ else
+ print_usage ();
+ endif
+
+endfunction
+
+%!assert((xor ([1, 1, 0, 0], [0, 1, 0, 1]) == [1, 0, 0, 1]
+%! && xor ([i, i, 0, 0], [1, 0, 1, 0]) == [0, 1, 1, 0]));
+
+%!assert(all (all (xor (eye (2), fliplr (eye (2))) == ones (2))));
+
+%!error xor ();
+
+%!error xor (1, 2, 3);
+