What are Symbols and Operators?
Symbols are special characters used in Python to represent operations or actions.
Operators are symbols that perform specific operations on variables and values.
Example:
a = 10 -> a and b are operands
b = 5 -> = is an assignment operator
c = a + b -> + is an arithmetic operator
Symbol and Operator Name
Arithmetic Operators
+ Addition
- Subtraction
* Multiplication
/ Division/True division
// Floor division
% Modulus
** Power/Exponent
Comparison Operators
== Equal to
!= Not Equal
> Greater than
>= Greater than or equal to
< Less than
<= Less than or equal to
Logical Operators
and Logical AND
or Logical OR
Not Logical NOT
Identity Operators:
Used to check whether two variables refer to the same object.
Identity Operators
is Identity
is not Not Identity
Membership Operators:
Used to check whether a value exists in a sequence.
Membership Operators
in Membership
not in Not Membership