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OPERATORS
Operators are special symbols that are used to perform specific operation on operands and give
a meaningful result. Operands are the data involved in the mathematical operation, and may be
stored in variables and constants.
Combination of variables, constants and operators makes an expression.
Operator Operator
Expression: a + 5 = 20
Variable Constant
PUNCTUATORS
Punctuators are also called separators as they are used to separate lines of codes, variables, etc.
The following characters are used as punctuators in Python: ` # \ () [] {} @ , : . ‘ =
Brackets [] indicate list.
Parentheses () indicate tuples, function calls, function parameters for grouping expressions etc.
Comma (,) is used as a separator in a function argument list or variable declaration.
Colon (:) indicates a labelled statement or conditional operator symbol.
Equal sign (=) is used to initialise the value of variable.
DATA TYPES
Data types are used to define the type of value a data can contain. Each variable in Python is associated
with some data type. Each data type requires a different amount of memory and has some specific
operations performed on it.
Data types are divided into two categories as shown below:
Data Types
Numbers Sets Mapping Sequence Boolean
Integer/long Float String Lists
Complex Dictionary Tuple
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