如何在Python中获得两个变量的逻辑异或?

例如,我有两个变量,我希望它们是字符串。我想测试它们中只有一个包含True值(不是None或空字符串):

str1 = raw_input("Enter string one:")
str2 = raw_input("Enter string two:")
if logical_xor(str1, str2):
    print "ok"
else:
    print "bad"

^操作符似乎是按位的,并不是在所有对象上都定义:

>>> 1 ^ 1
0
>>> 2 ^ 1
3
>>> "abc" ^ ""
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
TypeError: unsupported operand type(s) for ^: 'str' and 'str'

当前回答

按位异或已经内置在Python的operator模块中(与^ operator相同):

from operator import xor
xor(bool(a), bool(b))  # Note: converting to bools is essential

其他回答

Python处理逻辑操作的方式可能令人困惑,因此我的实现为用户提供了一个简单的True/False答案选项(默认情况下)。实际的Python结果可以通过将可选的第三个参数设置为None来获得。

def xor(a, b, true=True, false=False): # set true to None to get actual Python result
    ab1 = a and not b
    ab2 = not a and b
    if bool(ab1) != bool(ab2):
        return (ab1 or ab2) if true is None else true
    else:
        return false

这里建议的一些实现在某些情况下会导致操作数的重复求值,这可能会导致意想不到的副作用,因此必须避免。

也就是说,一个返回True或False的xor实现相当简单;如果可能的话,返回其中一个操作数的方法要棘手得多,因为对于应该选择哪个操作数没有共识,特别是当有两个以上的操作数时。例如,xor(None, -1, [], True)是否应该返回None,[]或False?我敢打赌,每个答案对某些人来说都是最直观的。

对于True-或false -结果,有多达五种可能的选择:返回第一个操作数(如果它在value中匹配最终结果,否则布尔值),返回第一个匹配(如果至少存在一个,否则布尔值),返回最后一个操作数(如果…Else…),返回最后一次匹配(if…Else…),或者总是返回boolean。总共是5 ** 2 = 25种xor口味。

def xor(*operands, falsechoice = -2, truechoice = -2):
  """A single-evaluation, multi-operand, full-choice xor implementation
  falsechoice, truechoice: 0 = always bool, +/-1 = first/last operand, +/-2 = first/last match"""
  if not operands:
    raise TypeError('at least one operand expected')
  choices = [falsechoice, truechoice]
  matches = {}
  result = False
  first = True
  value = choice = None
  # avoid using index or slice since operands may be an infinite iterator
  for operand in operands:
    # evaluate each operand once only so as to avoid unintended side effects
    value = bool(operand)
    # the actual xor operation
    result ^= value
    # choice for the current operand, which may or may not match end result
    choice = choices[value]
    # if choice is last match;
    # or last operand and the current operand, in case it is last, matches result;
    # or first operand and the current operand is indeed first;
    # or first match and there hasn't been a match so far
    if choice < -1 or (choice == -1 and value == result) or (choice == 1 and first) or (choice > 1 and value not in matches):
      # store the current operand
      matches[value] = operand
    # next operand will no longer be first
    first = False
  # if choice for result is last operand, but they mismatch
  if (choices[result] == -1) and (result != value):
    return result
  else:
    # return the stored matching operand, if existing, else result as bool
    return matches.get(result, result)

testcases = [
  (-1, None, True, {None: None}, [], 'a'),
  (None, -1, {None: None}, 'a', []),
  (None, -1, True, {None: None}, 'a', []),
  (-1, None, {None: None}, [], 'a')]
choices = {-2: 'last match', -1: 'last operand', 0: 'always bool', 1: 'first operand', 2: 'first match'}
for c in testcases:
  print(c)
  for f in sorted(choices.keys()):
    for t in sorted(choices.keys()):
      x = xor(*c, falsechoice = f, truechoice = t)
      print('f: %d (%s)\tt: %d (%s)\tx: %s' % (f, choices[f], t, choices[t], x))
  print()

我已经测试了几种方法(包括使用shadow wranger建议的truth()函数)。

%timeit  (not a) ^  (not b)   # 47 ns
%timeit  (not a) != (not b)   # 44.7 ns
%timeit truth(a) != truth(b)  # 116 ns
%timeit  bool(a) != bool(b)   # 190 ns

XOR在operator.xor中实现。

奖励线程:

阳极的想法……您只需尝试(可能是)python表达式«is not»,以获得逻辑«xor»的行为

真值表是:

>>> True is not True
False
>>> True is not False
True
>>> False is not True
True
>>> False is not False
False
>>>

对于你的例子字符串:

>>> "abc" is not  ""
True
>>> 'abc' is not 'abc' 
False
>>> 'abc' is not '' 
True
>>> '' is not 'abc' 
True
>>> '' is not '' 
False
>>> 

然而;正如上面所指出的,这取决于你想要抽出任意一对字符串的实际行为,因为字符串不是bolean…甚至更多:如果你«潜入Python»你会发现«“and”和“or”的特殊性质» http://www.diveintopython.net/power_of_introspection/and_or.html

抱歉我的书面英语,它不是我天生的语言。

的问候。