Python Operators

In the previous two articles on Python, I promised to tell you about Operators, but I lied. Instead I covered such things as conditionals, sets, lists, dictionaries, and so forth. Now, at last, I am going to cover the various operators that Python has to offer, and force you, I mean teach you, to manipulate data with them.

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By: James Payne

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January 14, 2008

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But first, since you've no doubt been busy and the last part of this Python series went live in early December of last year, here is a view of the available operators:

Symbol	Type	What it Does
+	Mathematical	Addition
-	Mathematical	Subtraction
*	Mathematical	Multiplication
/	Mathematical	Division
//	Mathematical	Truncating Division
**	Mathematical	Powers
%	Modulos	Returns the remainder from a division
<<	Shift	Left Shift
>>	Shift	Right Shift
&	Logical	And
\|	Logical	Or
^	Logical	Bitwise XOR
~	Logical	Bitwise Negation
<	Comparison	Less than
>	Comparison	Greater than
'=='	Comparison	Equal to
!=	Comparison	Not Equal To
>=	Comparison	Greater than or Equal To
<=	Comparison	Less than or Equal To
'='	Assignment	Assigns a value
+=	Assignment	Adds and assigns a value
-=	Assignment	Subtracts and Assigns a value
*=	Assignment	Multiplies and assigns a value
/=	Assignment	Divides and assigns a value
//=	Assignment	Truncate Divides and assigns a value
**=	Assignment	Powers and assigns
%=	Assignment	Modulus and assigns
>>	Assignment	Shifts and assigns
<<	Assignment	Shifts and assigns
And	Boolean
Or	Boolean
Not	Boolean