Python Operators

Operators are special symbols in Python that carry out arithmetic or logical computation. The value that the operator operates on is called the operand.

	6+3

9
	

			
	
			

		
	

Assignment operators

• Assignment operators are used in Python to assign values to variables.

• a = 5 is a simple assignment operator that assigns the value 5 on the right to the variable a on the left.

python +=

A little bit subtle or confusing in python is the plus equals += operator

	x = 1
x += 2 # add 2 to x
print("x is",x)
x <<= 3 # left shift by 2
print('x is',x)
x **= 4 # x := x^2
print('x is',x)
	

			
	
			

		
	

The Above Code Outputs

	x is 3
x is 24
x is 331776
	

			
	
			

		
	

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