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Order of precedence in sequential XOR operations

I have the following expression to calculate a parity bit:

AB0E XOR 73C9 XOR D46A XOR 06E3

How would this be evaluated? Is it:

(((AB0E XOR 73C9) XOR D46A) XOR 06E3)

or is it:

(AB0E XOR (73C9 XOR (D46A XOR 06E3)))

Solution

  • There is no difference; XOR is associative.