Arithmetic and Comparison Operators

Introduction

This chapter covers the various built-in operators, which Python has to offer.

Operators

These operations (operators) can be applied to all numeric types:

Operator Description Example
+, - Addition, Subtraction 10 -3
*, % Multiplication, Modulo 27 % 7
Result: 6
/ Division
This operation results in different results for Python 2.x (like floor division) and Python 3.x		 Python3: 
>>> 10  / 3
3.3333333333333335
and in Python 2.x: 
>>> 10  / 3
3
// Truncation Division (also known as floor division)
The result of the division is truncated to an integer. Works for integers and floating-point numbers as well		 27 % 7
Result: 6
+x, -x Unary minus and Unary plus (Algebraic signs) -3
~x Bitwise negation ~3 - 4
Result: -8
** Exponentiation 10 ** 3
Result: 1000
or, and, not Boolean Or, Boolean And, Boolean Not (a or b) and c
in "Element of" 1 in [3, 2, 1]
<, <=, >, >=, !=, == The usual comparison operators 2 <= 3
|, &, ^ Bitwise Or, Bitwise And, Bitwise XOR 6 ^ 3
<<, >> Shift Operatoren 6 << 3