This table shows how abstract operations correspond to operator symbols in the Python syntax and the functions in the operator module.
Operation | Syntax | Function |
---|---|---|
Addition | a + b |
add(a, b) |
Concatenation | seq1 + seq2 |
concat(seq1, seq2) |
Containment Test | o in seq |
contains(seq, o) |
Division | a / b |
div(a, b) # without __future__.division |
Division | a / b |
truediv(a, b) # with __future__.division |
Division | a // b |
floordiv(a, b) |
Bitwise And | a & b |
and_(a, b) |
Bitwise Exclusive Or | a ^ b |
xor(a, b) |
Bitwise Inversion | ~ a |
invert(a) |
Bitwise Or | a | b |
or_(a, b) |
Exponentiation | a ** b |
pow(a, b) |
Identity | a is b |
is_(a, b) |
Identity | a is not b |
is_not(a, b) |
Indexed Assignment | o[k] = v |
setitem(o, k, v) |
Indexed Deletion | del o[k] |
delitem(o, k) |
Indexing | o[k] |
getitem(o, k) |
Left Shift | a < |
lshift(a, b) |
Modulo | a % b |
mod(a, b) |
Multiplication | a * b |
mul(a, b) |
Negation (Arithmetic) | - a |
neg(a) |
Negation (Logical) | not a |
not_(a) |
Right Shift | a >> b |
rshift(a, b) |
Sequence Repitition | seq * i |
repeat(seq, i) |
Slice Assignment | seq[i:j] = values |
setslice(seq, i, j, values) |
Slice Deletion | del seq[i:j] |
delslice(seq, i, j) |
Slicing | seq[i:j] |
getslice(seq, i, j) |
String Formatting | s % o |
mod(s, o) |
Subtraction | a - b |
sub(a, b) |
Truth Test | o |
truth(o) |
Ordering | a < b |
lt(a, b) |
Ordering | a <= b |
le(a, b) |
Equality | a == b |
eq(a, b) |
Difference | a != b |
ne(a, b) |
Ordering | a >= b |
ge(a, b) |
Ordering | a > b |
gt(a, b) |
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