Q: What is the result of the expression 9 ^ 5 using the bitwise XOR operator in Java?  

The bitwise XOR operator (^) in Java performs a bitwise exclusive OR operation between the binary representations of two integers. In this case, 9 ^ 5 is equivalent to 1001 ^ 0101, resulting in 1100, which is 12 in decimal.

The bitwise XOR operator (^) in Java performs a bitwise XOR operation on each bit of the operands. If the bits are different, the result bit is set to 1; otherwise, it's set to 0. Here's an example:

public class BitwiseXORExample {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // Given values
        int a = 9; // binary: 1001
        int b = 5; // binary: 0101

        // Bitwise XOR operation
        int result = a ^ b;

        // Display the result
        System.out.println("Result of bitwise XOR: " + result);
    }
}

In this example, the binary representation of 9 is 1001, and the binary representation of 5 is 0101. After the bitwise XOR operation, the result will be 1100, which is 12 in decimal.

Remember, the XOR operator sets a bit to 1 if the corresponding bits in the operands are different.