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Return type: Integer
Returns:       A new bit sequence.

Syntax

numeric-expression difference numeric-expression


Purpose

The difference of two bit sequences is a new sequence where each bit is:

Other languages sometimes refer to this operation as a "bit-wise exclusive-or."

In this example, the action within the do block is performed if c and d have any corresponding bits with the same value:

  do when c difference d != 0
  ...
  done

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