QUOTATION IN PYTHON
Python accepts single ('), double (") and triple (''' or """)
quotes to denote string literals.
Anything that is represented using quotations are
considered as string.
single quotes (' ') Eg, 'This a string in single quotes’
double quotes (" ") Eg, "'This a string in double quotes’”
triple quotes(""" """) Eg, This is a paragraph. It is made
up of multiple lines and sentences."""
TUPLE ASSIGNMENT
An assignment to all of the elements in a tuple using a single
assignment statement.
Python has a very powerful tuple assignment feature that allows a
tuple of variables on the left of an assignment to be assigned values
from a tuple on the right of the assignment.
The left side is a tuple of variables; the right side is a tuple of values.
Each value is assigned to its respective variable.
All the expressions on the right side are evaluated before any of the
assignments. This feature makes tuple assignment quite versatile.
Naturally, the number of variables on the left and the number of
values on the right have to be the same.
>>> (a, b, c, d) = (1, 2, 3)
Value Error: need more than 3 values to
unpack
Example
It is useful to swap the values of two variables.
With conventional assignment statements, we have to use a temporary
variable. For example, to swap a and b:
Swap two numbers output
a=2
b=3
print(a,b) (2, 3)
temp = a (3, 2)
a=b
b = temp
print(a,b)
OPERATORS
Operators are the constructs
which can manipulate the value
of operands.
Consider the expression 4 + 5 =
9. Here, 4 and 5 are called
operands and + is called
operator.
Types of operators
Python language supports the following types of operators
Arithmetic Operators
Comparison (Relational) Operators
Assignment Operators
Logical Operators
Bitwise Operators
Membership Operators
Identity Operators
Arithmetic operators
They are used to perform
mathematical operations like
addition, subtraction,
multiplication etc. Assume,
a=10 and b=5
Operator Description Example
+ Addition Adds values on either side of the a + b = 30
operator.
- Subtraction Subtracts right hand operand from a – b = -10
left hand operand.
* Multiplication Multiplies values on either side of the a * b = 200
operator.
/ Division Divides left hand operand by right b/a=2
hand operand
% Modulus Divides left hand operand by right b%a=0
hand operand and returns remainder
** Exponent Performs exponential (power) a**b =10 to the power
calculation on operators 20
// Floor Division - The division of 5//2=2
operands where the result is the
quotient in which the digits after the
decimal point are removed
Example Output
a=10 a+b= 15
b=5 a-b= 5
print("a+b=",a+b) a*b= 50
print("a-b=",a-b) a/b= 2.0
print("a*b=",a*b) a%b= 0
print("a/b=",a/b) a//b= 2
print("a%b=",a%b) a**b= 100000
print("a//b=",a//b)
print("a**b=",a**b)
Comparison (Relational) Operators
Comparison operators are used to
compare values.
It either returns True or False
according to the condition.
Assume, a=10 and b=5
Operator Description Examples
== If the values of two operands are equal, (a == b) is true.
then the condition becomes true.
!= If values of two operands are not equal, (a!=b) is true
then condition becomes true. (a!=b) is true.
> If the value of left operand is greater than (a > b) is true
the value of right operand, then condition
becomes true.
< If the value of left operand is less than the (a < b) is true
value of right operand, then condition
becomes true.
>= If the value of left operand is greater than (a >= b) is true.
or equal to the value of right operand, then
condition becomes true.
<= If the value of left operand is less than or (a <= b) is true.
equal to the value of right operand, then
condition becomes true.
