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However, the text written inside triple quotes (''' or ''"") is also considered as comment. You
                 can use the triple quotes to write multiline comments. For example:

                                  '''This is                          """This is
                                     Multiline             OR            Multiline

                                     Comment'''                          Comment"""

                          Operators

                 In Python, operators can be defined as special symbols which perform arithmetic and logical

                 computation. The values which the operators use to get the output are called operands. For
                 example, in the expression 10 – 5, 10 and 5 are operands and the minus (–) sign is the operator.

                 Python divides the operators in the following categories.


                 Arithmetic Operators
                 Arithmetic operators perform arithmetic operations between two operands. The arithmetic
                 operators are defined in the following table:


                                                                                               Example
                  Operator Name                   Description                                  (x=7 and  Output
                                                                                                  y=3)

                                                  Adds values on either side of the
                       +       Addition                                                           x + y         10
                                                  operator.
                       –       Subtraction        Subtracts right hand operand from               x – y         4
                                                  left hand operand.


                       *       Multiplication     Multiplies values on either side of the         x * y         21
                                                  operator.

                       /       Division           Divides left hand operand by right              x / y         3
                                                  hand operand.

                       %       Modulus            Divides left hand operand by right              x % y         1
                                                  hand operand and returns remainder.

                      **       Exponentiation Performs exponential (power)                       x ** y        343

                                                  calculation on operands.

                       //      Floor or Integer  Divides and cuts the fractional part             x // y        2
                               division           from the result.










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