Cannot use the XOR operator with two char's for some reason, does anyone get why?
c#, operators
Solution
The xor operator (along with other operators) return an integer result. So a single cast to char is sufficient.
output[i] = (char)(input[i] ^ SN);
In this case you wouldn't have to cast, but it's less efficient in your case:
output[i] = input[i];
output[i] ^= SN;
Problem
Is there some formal standards that do not allow one to use the ^ or XOR function in C# with two chars? ``` public char[] XORinput(char[] input, char SN) { int InputSize = input.Length; //initialize an output array char[] output = new char[InputSize]; for (int i = 0; i < InputSize; i++) { output[i] = input[i] ^ SN; } return output; } ``` For whatever reason this code is giving me this error, Error 1400 Cannot implicitly convert type 'int' to 'char'. An explicit conversion exists (are you missing a cast?) This does not make any sense. Caller: ``` string num = "12345"; char SN = Convert.ToChar(num);//serial number string sCommand = ("Hellow"); char[] out = new char[sCommand.ToCharArray().Length]; out = calculator.XORinput(sCommand.ToCharArray(), SN); ```