Are there operators in Python other than arithmetic and logical operators?
Yes, there are operators in Python other than arithmetic and logical ones. The others are comparison, identity, membership, and assignment operators. Each type of operators contains multiple operators. Let's have a look at each one by one.
Comparison Operators
These operators are used for the comparison between two values. These are following:
| Operator | How to use | Function |
|---|---|---|
== | value1 == value2 | Checks if value1 is equal to value2 |
> | value1 > value2 | Checks if value1 is greater than value2 |
< | value1 < value2 | Checks if value1 is less than value2 |
>= | value1 >= value2 | Checks if value1 is greater than and equal to value2 |
<= | value1 <= value2 | Checks if value1 is less than and equal to value2 |
<> | value1 <> value2 | Checks if value1 is not equal to value2 |
!= | value1 != value2 | Checks if value1 is not equal to value2 |
Identity Operators
These operators are used to compare the identity of the variables or type of the variables.
| Operators | How to use | Function |
|---|---|---|
is | value1 is value2 | Checks if both the objects refer to the same object |
is not | value1 is not value2 | Checks if both the objects do not refer to the same object |
Membership Operators
These operators are used to check the membership of a variable in a sequence like lists, strings, etc.
| Operators | How to use | Function |
|---|---|---|
in | value1 in anySequence | If used with a condition, it checks if a value is present in a sequence. If used with a for loop, it creates value1 variable and assign sequence values to it one by one. |
not in | value1 not in anySequence | If used with a condition, it checks if a value is not present in a sequence. |
Assignment Operators
These operators are used to assign a value to a variable. The main assignment operator is =. It can be used with the arithmetic operators.
| Operators | How to use | Function |
|---|---|---|
= | value1 = value2 | It updates the value of value1 and assigns value2 to it. |
+= | value1 += value2 | It adds the value1 and value2 and assigns the new value to value1 |
-= | value1 -= value2 | It subtracts value2 from value1 and assigns the new value to value1 |
*= | value1 *= value2 | It multiplies value1 and value2 and assigns the new value to value1 |
/= | value1 /= value2 | It divides value1 by value2 and assigns the new value to value1 |
%= | value1 %= value2 | It takes the modulus of value1 and value2 and assigns the new value to value1 |