BITXOR DAX Function (Logical)

Returns a bitwise ‘XOR’ of two numbers.

Syntax

BITXOR ( <Number1>, <Number2> )
Parameter Attributes Description
Number1

The first number.

Number2

The second number.

Return values

Scalar A single integer value.

A bitwise XOR of two numbers.

Examples

DEFINE
    VAR ValA = SELECTCOLUMNS ( GENERATESERIES ( -5, 5 ), "A", [Value] )
    VAR ValB = SELECTCOLUMNS ( GENERATESERIES ( -5, 5 ), "B", [Value] )
EVALUATE
    ADDCOLUMNS (
        CROSSJOIN ( ValA, ValB ),
        "BITAND", BITAND ( [A], [B] ),
        "BITOR", BITOR ( [A], [B] ),
        "BITXOR", BITXOR ( [A], [B] )
    )
ORDER BY [A] DESC, [B] DESC
A B BITAND BITOR BITXOR
5 5 5 5 0
5 4 4 5 1
5 3 1 7 6
5 2 0 7 7
5 1 1 5 4
5 0 0 5 5
5 -1 5 -1 -6
5 -2 4 -1 -5
5 -3 5 -3 -8
5 -4 4 -3 -7
5 -5 1 -1 -2
4 5 4 5 1
4 4 4 4 0
4 3 0 7 7
4 2 0 6 6
4 1 0 5 5
4 0 0 4 4
4 -1 4 -1 -5
4 -2 4 -2 -6
4 -3 4 -3 -7
4 -4 4 -4 -8
4 -5 0 -1 -1
3 5 1 7 6
3 4 0 7 7
3 3 3 3 0
3 2 2 3 1
3 1 1 3 2
3 0 0 3 3
3 -1 3 -1 -4
3 -2 2 -1 -3
3 -3 1 -1 -2
3 -4 0 -1 -1
3 -5 3 -5 -8
2 5 0 7 7
2 4 0 6 6
2 3 2 3 1
2 2 2 2 0
2 1 0 3 3
2 0 0 2 2
2 -1 2 -1 -3
2 -2 2 -2 -4
2 -3 0 -1 -1
2 -4 0 -2 -2
2 -5 2 -5 -7
1 5 1 5 4
1 4 0 5 5
1 3 1 3 2
1 2 0 3 3
1 1 1 1 0
1 0 0 1 1
1 -1 1 -1 -2
1 -2 0 -1 -1
1 -3 1 -3 -4
1 -4 0 -3 -3
1 -5 1 -5 -6
0 5 0 5 5
0 4 0 4 4
0 3 0 3 3
0 2 0 2 2
0 1 0 1 1
0 0 0 0 0
0 -1 0 -1 -1
0 -2 0 -2 -2
0 -3 0 -3 -3
0 -4 0 -4 -4
0 -5 0 -5 -5
-1 5 5 -1 -6
-1 4 4 -1 -5
-1 3 3 -1 -4
-1 2 2 -1 -3
-1 1 1 -1 -2
-1 0 0 -1 -1
-1 -1 -1 -1 0
-1 -2 -2 -1 1
-1 -3 -3 -1 2
-1 -4 -4 -1 3
-1 -5 -5 -1 4
-2 5 4 -1 -5
-2 4 4 -2 -6
-2 3 2 -1 -3
-2 2 2 -2 -4
-2 1 0 -1 -1
-2 0 0 -2 -2
-2 -1 -2 -1 1
-2 -2 -2 -2 0
-2 -3 -4 -1 3
-2 -4 -4 -2 2
-2 -5 -6 -1 5
-3 5 5 -3 -8
-3 4 4 -3 -7
-3 3 1 -1 -2
-3 2 0 -1 -1
-3 1 1 -3 -4
-3 0 0 -3 -3
-3 -1 -3 -1 2
-3 -2 -4 -1 3
-3 -3 -3 -3 0
-3 -4 -4 -3 1
-3 -5 -7 -1 6
-4 5 4 -3 -7
-4 4 4 -4 -8
-4 3 0 -1 -1
-4 2 0 -2 -2
-4 1 0 -3 -3
-4 0 0 -4 -4
-4 -1 -4 -1 3
-4 -2 -4 -2 2
-4 -3 -4 -3 1
-4 -4 -4 -4 0
-4 -5 -8 -1 7
-5 5 1 -1 -2
-5 4 0 -1 -1
-5 3 3 -5 -8
-5 2 2 -5 -7
-5 1 1 -5 -6
-5 0 0 -5 -5
-5 -1 -5 -1 4
-5 -2 -6 -1 5
-5 -3 -7 -1 6
-5 -4 -8 -1 7
-5 -5 -5 -5 0
// This longer code produces an easier to read output 
// by showing the result in both decimal and binary formats
//
// The second query also shows how to implement a BITNOT function,
// which is not available in DAX
//
// Contribution by Kenneth Barber
DEFINE
    VAR MinimumValue = -3
    VAR MaximumValue = 3
    TABLE 'Numbers' =
        VAR NumberOfBitsToShow =
            // This excludes the sign bit before the "…"
            ROUNDUP (
                LOG ( MAX ( ABS ( MinimumValue ), ABS ( MaximumValue ) ) + 1, 2 ),
                0
            )
        RETURN
            ADDCOLUMNS (
                VAR Limit =
                    BITLSHIFT ( 1, NumberOfBitsToShow )
                RETURN
                    GENERATESERIES ( - Limit, Limit - 1 ),
                // We precompute the binary representations of all possible values
                // so that we can simply look them up later
                "Value (Binary)",
                    VAR Number = [Value]
                    RETURN
                        INT ( Number < 0 ) & "…"
                            & CONCATENATEX (
                                ADDCOLUMNS (
                                    GENERATESERIES ( 0, NumberOfBitsToShow ),
                                    "Bit", MOD ( BITRSHIFT ( Number, [Value] ), 2 )
                                ),
                                [Bit],
                                "",
                                [Value], DESC
                            )
            )
    MEASURE 'Numbers'[Binary] =
        // Where this measure is used, we could have used LOOKUPVALUE instead,
        // but it would have been more verbose
        CALCULATE (
            VALUES ( 'Numbers'[Value (Binary)] ),
            ALLEXCEPT ( 'Numbers', 'Numbers'[Value] )
        )
    VAR TableOfValuesToShow =
        CALCULATETABLE (
            'Numbers',
            'Numbers'[Value] >= MinimumValue,
            'Numbers'[Value] <= MaximumValue
        )
    VAR TableA =
        SELECTCOLUMNS (
            TableOfValuesToShow,
            "A", [Value],
            "A (Binary)", [Value (Binary)]
        )
    VAR TableB =
        SELECTCOLUMNS (
            TableOfValuesToShow,
            "B", [Value],
            "B (Binary)", [Value (Binary)]
        )

EVALUATE
GENERATE (
    CROSSJOIN ( TableA, TableB ),
    VAR BITANDresult =
        BITAND ( [A], [B] )
    VAR BITORresult =
        BITOR ( [A], [B] )
    VAR BITXORresult =
        BITXOR ( [A], [B] )
    RETURN
        ROW (
            "BITAND", BITANDresult,
            "BITAND (Binary)", CALCULATE ( [Binary], 'Numbers'[Value] = BITANDresult ),
            "BITOR", BITORresult,
            "BITOR (Binary)", CALCULATE ( [Binary], 'Numbers'[Value] = BITORresult ),
            "BITXOR", BITXORresult,
            "BITXOR (Binary)", CALCULATE ( [Binary], 'Numbers'[Value] = BITXORresult )
        )
)
ORDER BY
    [A] DESC,
    [B] DESC

// There is no "BITNOT" function in DAX to perform a bitwise NOT,
// but BITXOR(,-1) achieves the same result (-1 = 1…1111)
EVALUATE
GENERATE (
    SELECTCOLUMNS (
        // This ensures that the column name is not preceded with the table name
        TableOfValuesToShow,
        "Value", [Value],
        "Value (Binary)", [Value (Binary)]
    ),
    VAR BITNOTresult =
        BITXOR ( [Value], -1 )
    RETURN
        ROW (
            """BITNOT""", BITNOTresult,
            """BITNOT"" (Binary)", CALCULATE ( [Binary], 'Numbers'[Value] = BITNOTresult )
        )
)
ORDER BY [Value] DESC

A A (Binary) B B (Binary) BITAND BITAND (Binary) BITOR BITOR (Binary) BITXOR BITXOR (Binary)
3 0…011 3 0…011 3 0…011 3 0…011 0 0…000
3 0…011 2 0…010 2 0…010 3 0…011 1 0…001
3 0…011 1 0…001 1 0…001 3 0…011 2 0…010
3 0…011 0 0…000 0 0…000 3 0…011 3 0…011
3 0…011 -1 1…111 3 0…011 -1 1…111 -4 1…100
3 0…011 -2 1…110 2 0…010 -1 1…111 -3 1…101
3 0…011 -3 1…101 1 0…001 -1 1…111 -2 1…110
2 0…010 3 0…011 2 0…010 3 0…011 1 0…001
2 0…010 2 0…010 2 0…010 2 0…010 0 0…000
2 0…010 1 0…001 0 0…000 3 0…011 3 0…011
2 0…010 0 0…000 0 0…000 2 0…010 2 0…010
2 0…010 -1 1…111 2 0…010 -1 1…111 -3 1…101
2 0…010 -2 1…110 2 0…010 -2 1…110 -4 1…100
2 0…010 -3 1…101 0 0…000 -1 1…111 -1 1…111
1 0…001 3 0…011 1 0…001 3 0…011 2 0…010
1 0…001 2 0…010 0 0…000 3 0…011 3 0…011
1 0…001 1 0…001 1 0…001 1 0…001 0 0…000
1 0…001 0 0…000 0 0…000 1 0…001 1 0…001
1 0…001 -1 1…111 1 0…001 -1 1…111 -2 1…110
1 0…001 -2 1…110 0 0…000 -1 1…111 -1 1…111
1 0…001 -3 1…101 1 0…001 -3 1…101 -4 1…100
0 0…000 3 0…011 0 0…000 3 0…011 3 0…011
0 0…000 2 0…010 0 0…000 2 0…010 2 0…010
0 0…000 1 0…001 0 0…000 1 0…001 1 0…001
0 0…000 0 0…000 0 0…000 0 0…000 0 0…000
0 0…000 -1 1…111 0 0…000 -1 1…111 -1 1…111
0 0…000 -2 1…110 0 0…000 -2 1…110 -2 1…110
0 0…000 -3 1…101 0 0…000 -3 1…101 -3 1…101
-1 1…111 3 0…011 3 0…011 -1 1…111 -4 1…100
-1 1…111 2 0…010 2 0…010 -1 1…111 -3 1…101
-1 1…111 1 0…001 1 0…001 -1 1…111 -2 1…110
-1 1…111 0 0…000 0 0…000 -1 1…111 -1 1…111
-1 1…111 -1 1…111 -1 1…111 -1 1…111 0 0…000
-1 1…111 -2 1…110 -2 1…110 -1 1…111 1 0…001
-1 1…111 -3 1…101 -3 1…101 -1 1…111 2 0…010
-2 1…110 3 0…011 2 0…010 -1 1…111 -3 1…101
-2 1…110 2 0…010 2 0…010 -2 1…110 -4 1…100
-2 1…110 1 0…001 0 0…000 -1 1…111 -1 1…111
-2 1…110 0 0…000 0 0…000 -2 1…110 -2 1…110
-2 1…110 -1 1…111 -2 1…110 -1 1…111 1 0…001
-2 1…110 -2 1…110 -2 1…110 -2 1…110 0 0…000
-2 1…110 -3 1…101 -4 1…100 -1 1…111 3 0…011
-3 1…101 3 0…011 1 0…001 -1 1…111 -2 1…110
-3 1…101 2 0…010 0 0…000 -1 1…111 -1 1…111
-3 1…101 1 0…001 1 0…001 -3 1…101 -4 1…100
-3 1…101 0 0…000 0 0…000 -3 1…101 -3 1…101
-3 1…101 -1 1…111 -3 1…101 -1 1…111 2 0…010
-3 1…101 -2 1…110 -4 1…100 -1 1…111 3 0…011
-3 1…101 -3 1…101 -3 1…101 -3 1…101 0 0…000
Value Value (Binary) “BITNOT” “BITNOT” (Binary)
3 0…011 -4 1…100
2 0…010 -3 1…101
1 0…001 -2 1…110
0 0…000 -1 1…111
-1 1…111 0 0…000
-2 1…110 1 0…001
-3 1…101 2 0…010

Last update: Dec 4, 2024   » Contribute   » Show contributors

Contributors: Alberto Ferrari, Marco Russo, Kenneth Barber,

Microsoft documentation: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dax/bitxor-function-dax

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