Python Operators Precedence Example
Operator precedence determines the grouping of terms in an expression. This affects how an expression is evaluated. Certain operators have higher precedence than others; for example, the multiplication operator has higher precedence than the addition operator:
For example x = 7 + 3 * 2; Here x is assigned 13, not 20 because operator * has higher precedence than + so it first get multiplied with 3*2 and then adds into 7.
Here operators with the highest precedence appear at the top of the table, those with the lowest appear at the bottom. Within an expression, higher precedence operators will be evaluated first.
| Operator | Description |
|---|---|
| ** | Exponentiation (raise to the power) |
| ~ + - | Ccomplement, unary plus and minus (method names for the last two are +@ and -@) |
| * / % // | Multiply, divide, modulo and floor division |
| + - | Addition and subtraction |
| >> << | Right and left bitwise shift |
| & | Bitwise 'AND' |
| ^ | | Bitwise exclusive `OR' and regular `OR' |
| <= < > >= | Comparison operators |
| <> == != | Equality operators |
| = %= /= //= -= += *= **= | Assignment operators |
| is is not | Identity operators |
| in not in | Membership operators |
| not or and | Logical operators |
Example:
Try following example to understand operator precedence available in Python programming language:
#!/usr/bin/python a = 20 b = 10 c = 15 d = 5 e = 0 e = (a + b) * c / d #( 30 * 15 ) / 5 print "Value of (a + b) * c / d is ", e e = ((a + b) * c) / d # (30 * 15 ) / 5 print "Value of ((a + b) * c) / d is ", e e = (a + b) * (c / d); # (30) * (15/5) print "Value of (a + b) * (c / d) is ", e e = a + (b * c) / d; # 20 + (150/5) print "Value of a + (b * c) / d is ", e
When you execute the above program it produces following result:
Value of (a + b) * c / d is 90 Value of ((a + b) * c) / d is 90 Value of (a + b) * (c / d) is 90 Value of a + (b * c) / d is 50