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Back 4. 🧮 Operators in Python — Detailed Explanation 19 Jun, 2025
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Operators in Python are symbols or keywords that perform operations on variables and values. Python supports many types of operators for different tasks

🔹 1. Arithmetic Operators

Used for basic mathematical operations.

Operator Description Example Result
+ Addition 2 + 3 5
- Subtraction 5 - 2 3
* Multiplication 3 * 4 12
/ Division (float) 10 / 3 3.33
// Floor Division 10 // 3 3
% Modulus (remainder) 10 % 3 1
** Exponentiation 2 ** 3 8

🔹 2. Comparison (Relational) Operators

Compare two values and return True or False.

Operator Description Example Result
== Equal to 5 == 5 True
!= Not equal to 5 != 3 True
> Greater than 5 > 3 True
< Less than 3 < 5 True
>= Greater or equal 5 >= 5 True
<= Less or equal 3 <= 5 True

🔹 3. Assignment Operators

Used to assign values to variables.

Operator Description Example
= Assign x = 10
+= Add and assign x += 2
-= Subtract and assign x -= 1
*= Multiply and assign x *= 5
/= Divide and assign x /= 3
//= Floor divide and assign x //= 2
%= Modulus and assign x %= 4
**= Exponent and assign x **= 2

🔹 4. Logical Operators

Used to combine conditional statements.

Operator Description Example Result
and True if both are true x > 5 and x < 10 True
or True if one is true x > 5 or x == 2 True
not Reverse the result not(x > 5) False

🔹 5. Bitwise Operators

Used to perform bit-level operations.

Operator Description Example
& AND 5 & 3 → 1
` ` OR
^ XOR 5 ^ 3 → 6
~ NOT ~5 → -6
<< Left Shift 5 << 1 → 10
>> Right Shift 5 >> 1 → 2

🔹 6. Membership Operators

Used to test whether a value exists in a sequence (like list, tuple, string).

Operator Description Example Result
in True if present 'a' in 'apple' True
not in True if not present 'x' not in 'apple' True

🔹 7. Identity Operators

Compare memory locations of objects.

Operator       Description



 Example Result
is   
   Same object?



  x is y True
is not
   Not same object?



  x is not y True