Use of Operators on Python

Operators are being used to perform various operations. Some operators work with 2 operands called binary operators and some operators work with only one operand is called unary operators. 

 

Python has the following types of Operators:

1. Python Arithmetic operators
2. Python Assignment operators
3. Python Comparison operators
4. Python Logical operators
5. Python Identity operators
6. Python Membership operators
7. Python Bitwise operators

 

 

Arithmetic Operators in Python:

Name	Operator	Example	Use Case
Addition Operator	+	a + b	Add two numbers
Subtraction Operator	-	a - b	Calculate Subtraction
Multiplication Operator	*	a * b	Calculate Multiplication
Division Operator	/	x / y	Calculate Division
Modulus Operator	%	x % y	Calculate Modulus
Exponentiation Operator	**	a ** b	Calculate x to the power y.
Floor division Operator	//	a // b	Calculate Quotient

 

 

Comparison Operators in Python:

Name	Operator	Example
Equal Operator	==	a == b
Not equal Operator	!=	a != b
Greater than Operator	>	a > b
Less than Operator	<	a < b
Greater than or equal to Operator	>=	a >= b
Less than or equal to Operator	<=	b <= b

 

 

Python Assignment Operators

Operator	Example	Same As
=	a = 5	a = 5
+=	a += 3	a = a + 3
-=	a -= 3	a = a - 3
*=	a *= 3	a = a * 3
/=	a /= 3	a = a / 3
%=	a %= 3	a = a % 3
//=	a //= 3	a = a // 3
**=	a **= 3	a = a ** 3
&=	a &= 3	a = a & 3
|=	a |= 3	a = a | 3
^=	a ^= 3	a = a ^ 3
>>=	a >>= 3	a = a >> 3
<<=	a <<= 3	a = a << 3

 

 

Logical Operators in Python:

Operator	Use
and	Logical AND
or	Logical OR
not	Logical NOT

 

 

Identity Operators in Python:

Operator	Use Case	Example
is	True for the same object	a is b
is not	True for different object	a is not b

 

 

Membership Operators in Python:

Operator	Example
in	a in b
not in	a not in b

 

Bitwise Operators in Python:

Name	Operator
Bitwise AND	&
Bitwise OR	|
Bitwise XOR	^
Bitwise NOT	~
Bitwise Zero fill left shift	<<
Bitwise Signed right shift	>>