Operators in Python: Types of Operators

Operators are used to manipulate Python code and variables, as well as to control the flow of the program. The operators in Python can be categorized into the following types: arithmetic, logical, comparison, assignment, bitwise, identity, and membership operators. This article explains the different types of operators in the Python programming language with examples. I highly recommend you get the “Python Crash Course Book” to learn Python.

Types of Operators

There are seven types of operators in Python.

  • Arithmetic Operators
  • Assignment Operators
  • Comparison Operators
  • Logical Operators
  • Bitwise Operators
  • Identity Operators
  • Membership Operators

1. Arithmetic Operators

Arithmetic operators are used for basic mathematical operations.

# Addition
print(21 + 5)

# Subtraction
print(21 - 5)

# Multiplication
print(21 * 5)

# Division
print(21 / 5)

# Integer/Floor Division
print(21 // 5)

# Power/Exponential
print(21 ** 5)

# Modulus
print(21 % 5)

Output:

26
16
105
4.2
4
4084101
1

2. Assignment Operators

Assignment operators are used to assigning values to variables. The assignment operators in Python are:

a = 21

a += 21  # Equal to a=a+21

a -= 21  # Equal to a=a-21

a *= 21  # Equal to a=a*21

a /= 21  # Equal to a=a/21

a %= 21  # Equal to a=a%21

a //= 21 # Equal to a=a//21

a **= 21 # Equal to a=a**21

a &= 21  # Equal to a=a&21

a |= 21  # Equal to a=a|21

a ^= 21  # Equal to a=a^21

a >>= 21 # Equal to a=a>>21

a <<= 21 # Equal to a=a<<21

3. Comparison Operators

Comparison operators are used to comparing two values. The output of comparison operators is True or False.

# Equal
a == b

# Not Equal
a != b

# Greater than
a > b

# Less than 
a < b

# Greater than or equal to
a >= b

# Less than or equal to
a <= b

4. Logical Operators

Logical operators are used to combine conditional statements. The logical operators are the following:

# and (if both statements are true than it returns True)
a > 10 and a < 20

# or (if any one statement is true than it returns True)
a > 10 or a < 20

# Reverse the result
not(a > 10)

5. Bitwise Operators

These operators are used to perform bitwise calculations on integers. These operators are:

Bitwise OperatorName of OperatorSyntax
&Bitwise ANDa & b
|Bitwise ORa | b
~Bitwise NOT~a
^Bitwise XORa ^ b
>>Bitwise right shifta>>
<<Bitwise left shifta<<
Bitwise Operators

6. Identity Operators

These operators are used to compare the objects if they are actually the same object with the same memory location. These operators are:

Identity OperatorsDescriptionSyntax
is This operator returns true if both variables are the same object.a is b
is notThis operator returns true if both variables are not the same object.a is not b
Identity Operators

7. Membership Operators

The membership operators are used to find that the sequence is present in the object. The membership operators are “in” and “not in“.

a = [5, 10, 15, 20, 25]

print(5 in a)
print(5 not in a)

print(30 in a)
print(30 not in a)

Output:

True
False
False
True

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