Master Python Operators: A Complete Guide to Arithmetic, Comparison, and More

What is an Operator?

This section explains Python operators. For example, 4 + 5 = 9 . In this example, 4 and 5 are operands, and + is the operator.

Python supports the following types of operators:

Arithmetic operators

Comparison (relational) operators

Assignment operators

Logical operators

Bitwise operators

Membership operators

Identity operators

Operator precedence

Let's study Python operators one by one.

Python Arithmetic Operators

Assume variable a = 10 and variable b = 20.

The above example demonstrates all arithmetic operators in Python.

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Python Comparison Operators

Assume variable a = 10 and variable b = 20.

The above example demonstrates all comparison operators in Python.

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Python Assignment Operators

Assume variable a = 10 and variable b = 20.

The above example demonstrates all assignment operators in Python.

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Python Bitwise Operators

Bitwise operators treat numbers as binary for calculations.

In the table below, variable a = 60 and b = 13 in binary:

The following example demonstrates all bitwise operators in Python.

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Python Logical Operators

Assume variable a = 10 and b = 20.

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Python Membership Operators

Beyond the previous operators, Python also supports membership operators, testing strings, lists, or tuples.

The following example demonstrates all membership operators in Python.

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Python Identity Operators

Identity operators compare the memory locations of two objects.

The following example demonstrates all identity operators in Python.

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Python Operator Precedence

The table below lists all operators from highest to lowest precedence.

Operator

Description

**

Exponent (highest precedence)

~ + -

Bitwise NOT, unary plus and minus

* / % //

Multiplication, division, modulo, floor division

+ -

Addition and subtraction

>> <<

Right shift, left shift

&

Bitwise AND

^ |

Bitwise XOR and OR

<= < > >=

Comparison operators

<> == !=

Equality operators

= %= /= //= -= += *= **=

Assignment operators

is is not

Identity operators

in not in

Membership operators

not or and

Logical operators

The following example demonstrates operator precedence in Python.

Output of the example: