7 Types Of Operators In Python

Operators in python is a symbol that perform certain operation on one or more variable or a value.

There are 7 types of operators in python

Arithmetic operators
Comparison operators
Assignment operators
Logical operators
Identity operators
Membership operators
Bitwise operators

1. Arithmetic operators

Arithmetic operators are used to solve arithmetic problems like Addition(+), Subtraction(-), Multiplication(*), Division(/) and so on.

Name	Sign	Example
Addition	+	a + b
Subtraction	–	a – b
Multiplication	*	a * b
Division	/	a / b
Modulus	%	a % b
Exponentiation	**	a ** b
Floor Division	//	a // b

You are familiar with Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication and Division. But maybe you are not familiar with remaining 3 arithmetic operators. Modulus, Exponentiation and Floor Division.

So, let me explain

Modulus : This operator will give us the reminder

Exponentiation : Raises the first number to the power of the second.

Floor Division : Division that results into whole number

These are the arithmetic operators in python.

Comparison Operators

Comparison operators are used to compare two values in python.

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

These are the comparison operators in python.

Assignment operators

In short assignment operators are used to assign values to variable.

Operator	Example	Same as
=	a = 10	a =10
+=	a += 10	a = a + 10
-=	a -= 10	a = a – 10
*=	a *= 10	a = a * 10
/=	a /= 10	a = a / 10
%=	a %= 10	a = a % 10
**=	a **= 10	a = a ** 10
//=	a //= 10	a = a // 10

These are the most basic assignment operators in python.

Logical operators

These are conjunctions that we can use to combine more than one condition. There are three logical operators in python. AND, OR and NOT

Operator	Description	Example
and	It returns True if both condition is true	5 > 2 and 3 != 30
or	Return True if one of these condition is true	5 > 50 or 8 = 8
not	Return true if condition is false	10 >= 30

We have studied this in our school time. “Logical Gates” same like that.

Identity operators

This will return True if identity of both operands is True. Otherwise it return false. There are 2 identity operators in python

Operator	Description	Example
is	Return True if the operands are identical	a is b
is not	Return True if the operands are not identical	a is not b

Membership operators

Membership Operators are used to testing whether a value or variable is found in a sequence. See in and not in are the membership operators in python.

Operator	Description	Example
in	Return True if value/variable is found in the sequence	a in b
not in	Return True if value/variable is not found in the sequence	a in not b

Bitwise Operators In Python

Bitwise operators act on operands as if they were strings of binary digits In python. Here are some examples NOT, AND, OR, XOR, and so on. Have a look at this table.

Operator	Meaning	Example
&	Bitwise AND	Sets each bit to 1 if both bits are 1
\|	Bitwise OR	Sets each bit to 1 if one of two bits is 1
^	Bitwise XOR	Sets each bit to 1 if only one of two bits is 1
~	Bitwise NOT	Reverse all the bits
<<	Bitwise right shift	Shift left by pushing zeros in from the right and let the leftmost bits fall off
>>	Bitwise left shift	Shift right by pushing copies of the leftmost bit in from the left, and let the rightmost bits fall off