MITRE interview question

How would you duplicate a string without using a temp variable?

Interview Answers

Anonymous

12 Oct 2015

var1 = 1011 var2 = 0010 var1 = var1 xor var2 // var1 = 1001 var2 = var1 xor var2 // var2 = 1011 var1 = var1 xor var2 // var1 = 0010 var1 = 0010 var2 = 1011

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Anonymous

10 Feb 2012

something to do with XORing the bits

Anonymous

21 Sept 2014

Maybe iterate through it with a loop? Or recurse (not sure about the latter)