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Sum the XOR of Every Cross-Array Pair
Compute the sum of XOR values across every pair drawn from two integer arrays without enumerating the full Cartesian product. The problem tests bit-frequency reasoning, duplicate handling, and overflow-safe accumulation under large input limits.
You are given two integer arrays, a and b. For every ordered cross-array pair (a[i], b[j]), compute a[i] XOR b[j] and return the sum of all those results.
Implement sumPairwiseXor(a, b).
Input and Output
aandbare arrays of non-negative integers.- Return one integer equal to .
- Pair positions are counted separately, so repeated values still contribute once for every index pair.
Constraints
1 <= a.length, b.length <= 50,0000 <= a[i], b[j] <= 1,000,000,000- The result fits in a signed 64-bit integer.
- An approach that enumerates every pair will not finish within the intended limits.
Example 1
Input: a = [1, 2], b = [3, 4]
Output: 14
The four XOR values are 2, 5, 1, and 6.
Example 2
Input: a = [0, 7], b = [1, 7, 8]
Output: 37
The six XOR values are 1, 7, 8, 6, 0, and 15.
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