In this tutorial you will learn about operators in python and it’s types which is symbol used to perform specific mathematical and logical manipulation.
Types of operators
- Arithmetic operator
Arithmetic operator is basically used to perform mathematical computation like addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.
| Operator | Meaning | Example |
| + | Add two operands or unary plus | *n+n +5 |
| – | Subtract or unary minus | m-n -10 |
| * | Multiply two operand | m*n |
| / | divide (Result is in float) | m/n |
| % | Modulus (Return Remainder) | m%n |
| // | Floor division (Return whole number) | m//n |
| ** | Exponent (Left operand raised to power of right) | m**n (m to the power of y) |
Examples :
m=10
n=4
print("m+n=",m+n)
print("m-n=",m-n)
print("m*n=",m*n)
print("m/n=",m/n)
print("m//n=",m//n)
print("m**n=",m**n)
Output:
m+n=14
m-n=6
m*n=40
m/n=2.5
m//n=2
m**n=10000
- Comparison operator
The operator which is used to compared two or more values is known as comparison operator. It return True or False boolean value according to condition.
| Operator | Meaning | Example |
| > | Greater than | m>n |
| < | Less than | m<n |
| == | Equal to | m==n |
| != | not equal to | m!=n |
| >= | Greater than or equal to | m>=n |
| <= | Less than or equal to | m<=n |
Examples:
m=15
n=5
print("m>n=",m>n)
print("m<n=",m<n)
print("m==n=",m==n)
print("m!=n=",m!=n)
print("m>=n=",m>=n)
print("m<=n=",m<=n)
Output :
m>n=True
m<n=False
m==n=False
m>=n=True
m<=n=False
- Logical operator
Logical operator are operator which is used for conditioning a statement. ‘and, or, not ‘ are logical operator.
| Operator | Meaning | Example |
| And | True if both operands are true | m and n |
| Or | True if any one operands are true | m or n |
| Not | True if operand is false | not m |
Example :
x=True
y=False
print(m and y)
print(m or y)
print(not m)
Output :
False
True
False
- Bitwise operator
| Operator | Meaning | Example |
| | | Bit wise OR | 2|2=1 |
| & | Bit wise AND | 2&2=4 |
| ^ | Bit wise XOR | 5^3=6 |
- Assignment operator
| Operator | Meaning | Example |
| = | x=10 | x=10 |
| += | x+=10 | x=x+10 |
| -= | x-=10 | x=x-10 |
| /= | x/=10 | x=x/10 |
| *= | x*=10 | x=x*10 |
| %= | x%=10 | x=x%10 |
| //= | x//=10 | x=x//10 |
| **= | x**=10 | x=x**10 |