8.3. Operator Library

  • https://docs.python.org/library/operator.html

  • The operator module exports a set of efficient functions corresponding to the intrinsic operators of Python.

  • For example, operator.add(x, y) is equivalent to the expression x+y.

  • Many function names are those used for special methods, without the double underscores.

  • For backward compatibility, many of these have a variant with the double underscores kept.

  • The variants without the double underscores are preferred for clarity.

8.3.1. Mapping Operators to Functions

Operation

Syntax

Function

Addition

a + b

add(a, b)

Concatenation

seq1 + seq2

concat(seq1, seq2)

Containment Test

obj in seq

contains(seq, obj)

Division

a / b

truediv(a, b)

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

obj[k] = v

setitem(obj, k, v)

Indexed Deletion

del obj[k]

delitem(obj, k)

Indexing

obj[k]

getitem(obj, k)

Left Shift

a << b

lshift(a, b)

Modulo

a % b

mod(a, b)

Multiplication

a * b

mul(a, b)

Matrix Multiplication

a @ b

matmul(a, b)

Negation (Arithmetic)

- a

neg(a)

Negation (Logical)

not a

not_(a)

Positive

+ a

pos(a)

Right Shift

a >> b

rshift(a, b)

Slice Assignment

seq[i:j] = values

setitem(seq, slice(i, j), values)

Slice Deletion

del seq[i:j]

delitem(seq, slice(i, j))

Slicing

seq[i:j]

getitem(seq, slice(i, j))

String Formatting

s % obj

mod(s, obj)

Subtraction

a - b

sub(a, b)

Truth Test

obj

truth(obj)

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)

8.3.2. Comparison

  • operator.lt(a, b)

  • operator.le(a, b)

  • operator.eq(a, b)

  • operator.ne(a, b)

  • operator.ge(a, b)

  • operator.gt(a, b)

  • operator.not_(obj)

  • operator.truth(obj)

  • operator.is_(a, b)

  • operator.is_not(a, b)

  • operator.abs(obj)

  • operator.add(a, b)

  • operator.and_(a, b)

  • operator.floordiv(a, b)

  • operator.index(a)

  • operator.invert(obj) or operator.inv(obj)

  • operator.lshift(a, b)

  • operator.mod(a, b)

  • operator.mul(a, b)

  • operator.matmul(a, b)

  • operator.neg(obj)

  • operator.or_(a, b)

  • operator.pos(obj)

  • operator.pow(a, b)

  • operator.rshift(a, b)

  • operator.sub(a, b)

  • operator.truediv(a, b)

  • operator.xor(a, b)

  • operator.concat(a, b)

  • operator.contains(a, b)

  • operator.countOf(a, b)

  • operator.delitem(a, b)

  • operator.getitem(a, b)

  • operator.indexOf(a, b)

  • operator.setitem(a, b, c)

  • operator.length_hint(obj, default=0)

  • operator.attrgetter(attr) or operator.attrgetter(*attrs)

  • operator.itemgetter(item) or operator.itemgetter(*items)

  • operator.methodcaller(name, /, *args, **kwargs)

8.3.3. In-place Operators

  • operator.iadd(a, b)

  • operator.iand(a, b)

  • operator.iconcat(a, b)

  • operator.ifloordiv(a, b)

  • operator.ilshift(a, b)

  • operator.imod(a, b)

  • operator.imul(a, b)

  • operator.imatmul(a, b)

  • operator.ior(a, b)

  • operator.ipow(a, b)

  • operator.irshift(a, b)

  • operator.isub(a, b)

  • operator.itruediv(a, b)

  • operator.ixor(a, b)