Python Operators
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Python operators are used to complete operations with numbers like arithmetic, assignment, comparisons, logical and more.
Here is a table that will explain the python operators:
| Operator | Description | Example |
| + | Add | 1 + 1 = 2 |
| - | Subtract | 2 - 1 = 1 |
| * | Multiply | 2 * 2 = 4 |
| / | Divide | 10 / 4 = 2.5 |
| // | Floor division | 10 // 4 = 2 |
| % | Modulo | 10 % 4 = 2 |
| ** | Exponent | 2 ** 4 = 16 |
Feel free to try these examples in the python terminal above! Addition, subtraction, multiplication and division make sense to most people, so let's focus on the more confusing operators here that you might not be familiar with.
Floor Division
Floor division in the simplest of terms divides two numbers then rounds that number down. Since 10 / 4 = 2.5, it will round 2.5 down to 2 like so:
10 // 4Modulo
The modulus operator will return the remainder of a division. Let's take for example, 10 / 4.
4 * 2 = 8, and the remainder is 2:
10 % 4To understand this one better I would encourage you to use the Python console above to experiment with the modulo more.
Exponent
This one is pretty simple. 5 ** 5 is read as 5^5, or 5 to the 5th power. So 5*5*5*5*5 = 3125
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