Arithmetic operators in Python

 

Operators in Python

The Operators which are used in Python to perform a specific operation. From my opinion I love to work with Python operators and libraries, as they are very simple and easy to understand.

What are operators? 

An operator is a symbol that represents an operation to be performed on an operands. 

Example:- 30 + 5 = 35

Here '30' and '5' are operands and '+'  is an operator. 

This operator ('+')  represents add operation to be performed on 30 and 5 to give 35 as a result 

Basic operators in programming

Arithmetic operators in Python

These are all the common mathematical operators.

Here is an overview of arithmetic operators.

Operator	Operation
+	Addition
-	Subtraction
*	Multiplication
/	Division
%	Modulus
**	Exponentiation
//	Floor division

Addition operator

Perform addition of two numbers.

Program

>>> 5 + 6

11

>>> a = 5

>>> b = 6

>>> c = a + b

>>> print(c)

11

Subtraction operator

Perform Subtraction of two numbers.

Program

>>> 6-5

1

>>> a = 5

>>> b = 6

>>> c = b-a

>>> print(c)

1

Multiplication operator

Multiply two numbers given to it.

Program

>>> 6*5

30

>>> a = 5

>>> b = 6

>>> c = b*a

>>> print(c)

30

Division operator

Divides the numbers given to it.

Program

>>> 6/2

3.0

>>> a = 6

>>> b = 2

>>> c = a/b

>>> print(c)

3.0

Modulus operator

Gives the remainder of division operation.

Program

>>> 10%6

4

>>> 6%10

6

>>> a = 6

>>> b = 10

>>> c = a % b

>>> print(c)

6

Exponentiation operator

Raising a number to the power of another number. double asterisks are used to denote exponentiation operation in Python.

Program 

>>> 2**3

8

>>> a = 2

>>> b = 3

>>> c = a**b

>>> print(c)

8

Floor division 

Rounds of the result got from division operation, down to the nearest whole number.

Program 

>>> 10//3

3

>>> a = 10

>>> b = 3

>>> c = a//b

>>> print(c)

3

Conclusion

Arithmetic operators are all the common mathematical operators.

In which we have learned addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, exponential and floor division.

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