Difference between ^ Operator in JS and Python

Question

I need to port some JS code which involves Math.random()*2147483648)^(new Date).getTime(). While it looks like for smaller numbers, the python function and the JS function are equivalent in function, but with large numbers like this, the values end up entirely different.

Python:

2147483647^1257628307380

=1257075044427

Javascript:

2147483647^1257628307380

=-1350373301

How can I get the Javascript value from python?

Answer 1

Python has unlimited-precision integers, while Javascript is using a 32-bit integer. You can manually apply a 32-bit limit to get the result you want:

def xor32bit(a, b):
    m = (a ^ b) % (2**32)
    if m > (2**16):
        m -= 2**32
    return m

Answer 2

Could be useful here:

What is JavaScript’s Max Int? What’s the highest Integer value a Number can go to without losing precision?

Answer 3

Easiest way would be to use ctypes to get the same overflow behavior as Javascript:

>>> import ctypes
>>> ctypes.c_int(1257075044427)
c_long(-1350373301)