what does ^ do in python

[Dark Wind]

Hi,

In most of the languages ^ is used for 'to the power of'. In python we have
** for that. But what does ^ do?
I could not get it just by using it ... some examples are:
1^1 returns 0
2^2 returns 0
1^4 returns 5
4^1 returns 5
3^5 returns 6
5^3 returns 6 ......

just curious

Thank you
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