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##               Kurt Hornik
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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn {Mapping Function} {} 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 @var{x} or @var{y}
## is true, but not if both @var{x} and @var{y} are true.
## @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))
      z = logical ((x | y) - (x & y));
    else
      error ("xor: x and y must be of common size or scalars");
    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);