Python Operators

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Arithmetic Operators

Operator	Operation	Example	Description
+	Addition	x + y	x plus y
-	Subtraction	x - y	x minus y
*	Multiplication	x * y	x multiplied by y
**	Exponentiation	x ** y	x raised to the power of y
/	Division	x / y	x divided by y
//	Floor Division	x // y	x divided by y, returning integer
%	Modulo	x % y	The remainder of x divided by y

Examples

x = 4  
y = 3  
  
x + y    # returns 7  
x - y    # returns 1  
x * y    # returns 12  
x ** y   # returns 64  
x / y    # returns 1.333  
x // y   # returns 1  
x % y    # returns 1

Further Reading

https://www.codecademy.com/resources/docs/python/operators

https://www.w3schools.com/python/python_operators.asp

https://docs.python.org/3/reference/lexical_analysis.html#operators