OPERATORS

• An operator is a symbol that represents an

operations that may be performed on one
or more operands.
• An operand is a value that a given operator
is applied to.
• Example: 4+(3*k)
+, * are operator and 4,3,k are operands

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 Different forms of operator
• Unary Operator:
– Unary arithmetic operators perform mathematical operations on
one operand only. The „+‟ and „-„‟ are two unary operators.
– Example:
>>> x = -5 #Negates the value of X
>>> x
-5
• Binary operator:
– A Binary operator operates on two operands
– Example:
>>> 3 + 10
>>>13
>>> 10 – 7
>>> 3

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 Types of Operators
1. Arithmetic operator
2. Relational operator
3. Logical operator
4. Bitwise operator
5. Assignment operator
6. Special operator

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 1. Arithmetic operator
• Arithmetic operators are basic
mathematical operations.
Operator Meaning Example Result
+ Addition C=12+1 C=13
- Subtraction C=12-1 C=11
* Multiplication C=12*1 C=12
/ Division C=12/1 C=12
// Floor division C=12//10 1
% Modulus C=12%10 C=2
** Exponentiation C=10**2 C=100

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 Example of Arithmetic Operator
print("Arithmetic Operator")
a=10
b=5
print("Addition:",a+b) Output:
print("Subtraction:",a-b)
print("Multiplication:",a*b)
print("Division:",a/b)
print("Floor
Division:",a//b)
print("Modulus:",a%b)
print("Exponent",a**b)
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 2. Relational operator
• Relational operators are also called as Comparison
operators
• It is used to compare values.
• It either returns True or False according to
condition.
Operator Meaning Example Result
> Greater than 5>6 False
< Less than 5<6 True
== Equal to 5==6 False
!= Not equal to 5!=6 True
>= Greater than or equal to 5>=6 False
<= Less than or equal to 5<=6 True
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 Example of Relational Operator
print("Relational Operator")

a=10
b=5 Output:
print(a>b)
print(a<b)
print(a==b)
print(a!=b)

print(a>=b)

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 3. Logical operator
• Logical operator are typically used
with Boolean(logical) values.
• They allow a program to make a
decision based on multiple condition.
Operator Meaning Example Result
and True if both the 10<5 and 10<20 False
operands are true
or True if either of the 10<5 or 10<20 True
operands is true
not True if operands is not (10<20) False
false ( complements
the operand)

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 Example of Logical Operator
print("Logical Operator")
print(10<5 and 10<20)
print(10<5 or
10<20)
print(not(10<20))
Logical Operator
Output:

False
True

False
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 4. Bitwise operator
• Bitwise operators act on operands as if they
are string of binary digits.
• It operates bit by bit.
Operator Meaning Example
& Bitwise AND a&b
| Bitwise OR a|b
~ Bitwise NOT a~b
^ Bitwise XOR a^b
>> Bitwise right shift a >> 2
<< Bitwise left shift a << 2

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 5. Assignment
operator
• Assignment operators are used to assign
values to variables.
Operator Meaning Example
= Assign a value a=5
+= Adds and assign the result to the variable a+=1 (a=a+1)
-= Subtracts and assign the result to the variable a-=1 (a=a-1)
*= Multiplies and assign the result to the variable a*=5 (a=a*5)
/= Division and assign the result to the variable a/= (a=a/5)
//= Floor division and assign the result to the variable a//=5(a=a//5)
%= Find modulus and assign the result to the variable a%=5 (a=a%5)
**= Find Exponentiation and assign the result to the a**=5 (a=a**5)
variable
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Operator Meaning Example
&= Find Bitwise AND and assign the result to the variable a&=5(a=a&5)
|= Find Bitwise OR and assign the result to the variable a|=5(a=a|5)
^= Find Bitwise XOR and assign the result to the variable a^=5(a=a^5)
>>= Find Bitwise right shift and assign the result to the a>>=5 (a=a>>5)
variable
<<= Find Bitwise left shift and assign the result to the a<<=5 (a=a<<5)
variable

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 6. Special operator
• Python offers some special operators like
identity operator and the membership operator.
• Identity Operator:
– is and is not are the identity operator

Operator Meaning Example

is True if the operands a is true
are identical
is not True if the operands a is not true
are not identical

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 Example of Identity Operator
a1=5

b1=5
a2="Hello"
a3=[1,2,3]
Output:
b2="Hello"
b3=[1,2,3]
False
print(a1 is not b1)
True
print(a2 is b2)
print(a2 is b3)
False

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• Membership Operators:
– in and not in are the membership
operators.
Operator Meaning Example
in True if value/ 5 in a
variable is found in
the sequence
not in True if value/ 5 not in a
variable is not
found in the
sequence

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Example of Membership Operator
a="Hello world"
b={1,"a","b",2}

print("H" in a)
print("hello" in a ) Output:

print(1 in b) True
False
print("b" in b) True
True
Print(“c” not in b) True

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