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Abhishek Chaudhary
Abhishek Chaudhary

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XOR Operation in an Array

You are given an integer n and an integer start.

Define an array nums where nums[i] = start + 2 * i (0-indexed) and n == nums.length.

Return the bitwise XOR of all elements of nums.

Example 1:

Input: n = 5, start = 0
Output: 8
Explanation: Array nums is equal to [0, 2, 4, 6, 8] where (0 ^ 2 ^ 4 ^ 6 ^ 8) = 8.
Where "^" corresponds to bitwise XOR operator.

Example 2:

Input: n = 4, start = 3
Output: 8
Explanation: Array nums is equal to [3, 5, 7, 9] where (3 ^ 5 ^ 7 ^ 9) = 8.

Constraints:

  • 1 <= n <= 1000
  • 0 <= start <= 1000
  • n == nums.length

SOLUTION:

class Solution:
    def xorOperation(self, n: int, start: int) -> int:
        op = start
        for i in range(1, n):
            op = op ^ (start + 2 * i)
        return op
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