Re: xor question

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Susan,

Well, considering that 476F does not equal 71111, but rather 18287, and
7262 in hex equals 29282 (and not 114098), I would say that could be one of
the reasons.

Hope this helps.


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"Susan" <Susan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>I have a stream of chars where I am trying to xor certain parts. I guess
>the
> meat of my question is that if I xor the hex values:
> 476f ^ 7262
> I get a different value that if I xor the integer values:
> 71111 ^ 114098
> Does anyone know why? I'm assuming that I can't just use the hex values
> for
> xor in c# or am I wrong? It would make my life much easier if I could.
>
> Thanks,
> Susan


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