Why swapping integer variable by XOR doesn't work in a single line?

I want to swap the value of two integer variables in java using the XOR operator.

This is my code:

int i = 24;
int j = 17;

i ^= j;
j ^= i;
i ^= j;

System.out.println("i : " + i + "\t j : " + j);

It will work fine but the following equivalent code doesn't work:

int i = 24;
int j = 17;

i ^= j ^= i ^= j;

System.out.println("i : " + i + "\t j : " + j);

Output is like this:

i : 0    j : 24

First variable is zero! What's wrong with Java?

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