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Narasimma Radhakrishnan
Narasimma Radhakrishnan

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What are Operators in Python?

Operators are special symbols or keywords used to perform operations on variables and values.

For example:

a = 10
b = 20

print(a + b)
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Output:

30
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Here:
a and b are operands.

  • is the operator. 30 is the result.

In simple words, operators are used to perform different operations on data.

Types of Operators in Python

Python provides seven major categories of operators:

  1. Arithmetic Operators
  2. Comparison Operators
  3. Assignment Operators
  4. Logical Operators
  5. Bitwise Operators
  6. Membership Operators
  7. Identity Operators

Operators are essential building blocks of Python programming. They help developers perform calculations, compare values, assign data, evaluate conditions, and manipulate binary values.

Understanding all seven categories of operators will improve your programming logic and help you solve real-world coding problems.

Start practising each operator with simple programs and gradually combine them with loops, conditional statements, and functions.

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