Python Operator

Operators in Python are used to perform operations on variables and values.

Python divides the operators into the following groups:

• Arithmetic operators

• Assignment operators

• Comparison operators

• Logical operators

• Identity operators

• Membership operators

Arithmetic Operators

Arithmetic operators are used with numeric values to perform common mathematical operations.

Syntax	Description	Example
+	Addition	3 + 4
-	Subtraction	1 - 5
*	Multiplication	5 * 6
/	Division	7 / 2
%	Modulus	5 % 1
**	Exponentiation	8 ** 3
//	Floor division	3 // 8

Assignment Operators

Assignment operators are used to assigning values to variables.

Syntax	Example	Same as
=	x = 5	x = 5
+=	x += 3	x = x + 3
-=	x -= 3	x = x - 3
*=	x *= 3	x = x * 3
/=	x /= 3	x = x / 3
%=	x %= 3	x = x % 3
//=	x //= 3	x = x // 3
**=	x **= 3	x = x ** 3

Comparison operators

Comparison operators are used to compare two or more variables. There are 7 main comparison operators in Python. These operators include:

Syntax	Description	Example
==	Equal	x == y
!=	Not equal	x != y
>	Greater than	x > y
<	Less than	x < y
>=	Greater than or equal to	x >= y
<=	Less than or equal to	x <= y

Logical operators

Python has 3 main logical operators. These include:

• logical and

• logical or and logical not

To understand logical Operators how logical operators work, let’s evaluate logical expressions:

Syntax	Description	Example
and	Returns True if both statements are true	x < 5 and x < 10
or	Returns True if one of the statements is true	x < 5 or x < 4
not	Reverse the result	not(x < 5 and x < 10)

Identity Operators

Identity operators are used to compare the objects, not if they are equal, but if they are the same object, with the same memory location.

Syntax	Description	Example
is	Returns True if both variables are the same object	x is y
is not	Returns True if both variables are not the same object	x is not y

Membership Operators

Membership operators are used to testing if a sequence is presented in an object.

Syntax	Description	Example
in	Returns True if a sequence with the specified value is present in the object	x in y
not in	Returns True if a sequence with the specified value is not present in the object	x not in y