In Python, operators are special symbols used to perform operations on variables and values. You’ve already seen some, like + and *.

1. Types of Operators in Python

Python supports the following types of operators:

• Arithmetic Operators
• Assignment Operators
• Comparison (Relational) Operators
• Logical Operators
• Identity Operators
• Membership Operators
• Bitwise Operators

2. Arithmetic Operators

Used for basic mathematical operations.

Example:

a = 10
b = 3

print(a + b)  # 13
print(a - b)  # 7
print(a * b)  # 30
print(a / b)  # 3.333...
print(a // b) # 3
print(a % b)  # 1
print(a ** b) # 1000

3. Assignment Operators

Used to assign values to variables.

Example:

x = 10
x += 5
print(x)  # 15

x *= 2
print(x)  # 30

4. Comparison Operators

Used to compare two values. Returns True or False.

Example:

x = 10
y = 5

print(x > y)   # True
print(x == y)  # False
print(x != y)  # True

5. Logical Operators

Used to combine multiple Boolean expressions.

Example:

x = 10
y = 5
print(x > 5 and y < 10)  # True
print(x > 5 or y > 10)   # True
print(not(x > 5))        # False

6. Identity Operators

Used to compare memory locations of objects.

Example:

a = [1, 2]
b = a
c = [1, 2]
print(a is b)      # True
print(a is c)      # False
print(a is not c)  # True

7. Membership Operators

Used to check if a value is part of a sequence (string, list, tuple, etc.)

Example:

print("H" in "Hello")     # True
print(3 not in [1, 2, 4]) # True

8. Bitwise Operators

Used to compare binary numbers (advanced).

a = 5      # 0101
b = 3      # 0011

print(a & b)  # 1
print(a | b)  # 7
print(a ^ b)  # 6
print(~a)     # -6

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