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How to implement XOR gate in Python
What is an Exclusive OR Gate?
The Exclusive-OR Gate/ XOR Gate is a combination of all the three basic gates (NOT, AND, OR gates). It receives two or more input signals but produces only one output signal.
It results in a low '0' if the input bit pattern contains an even number of high '1' signals.
If there are an odd number of high '1' signals, it results in high. For this reason, the Exclusive-OR Gate(XOR Gate) is called the Anti-Coincidence Gate or Inequality Detector or Odd Ones Detector.
Exclusive-OR Symbol
Internal Circuit
Implementing XOR Logic Gate
From Equation (A . B’) + (A’. B)
Truth Table for XOR Gate
| A | B | Y = A.B’ + A’.B |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 |
From the Truth Table above, we can observe that the XOR gate gives a high output when there is an odd number of 1's.
Code
def XOR (a, b):if a != b:return 1else:return 0print("|-------------------------|")print("| XOR GATE |")print("|-------------------------|")print("| A | B | X |")print("|_________________________|")print("| 0 | 0 |"," ",XOR(0,0) ," |")print("|_________________________|")print("| 0 | 1 |"," ",XOR(0,1) ," |")print("|_________________________|")print("| 1 | 0 |"," ",XOR(1,0) ," |")print("|_________________________|")print("| 1 | 1 |"," ",XOR(1,1) ," |")print("|_________________________|")
Output for a 2-input XOR Gate
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