Python Assignment Operators

Assignment Operators

Assignment Operators are used to assign or store a specific value in a variable.

The following table lists out all the assignment operators in Python with their description, and an example.

Operator Symbol	Description	Example	Equivalent to
=	Assignment	x = y
+=	Addition Assignment	x += y	x = x + y
-=	Subtraction Assignment	x -= y	x = x – y
*=	Multiplication Assignment	x *= y	x = x * y
/=	Division Assignment	x /= y	x = x / y
%=	Modulus Assignment	x %= y	x = x % y
**=	Exponentiation Assignment	x **= y	x = x ** y
//=	Floor-division Assignment	x //= y	x = x // y
&=	AND Assignment	x &= y	x = x & y
|=	OR Assignment	x |= y	x = x | y
^=	XOR Assignment	x ^= y	x = x ^ y
<<=	Zero fill left shift Assignment	x <<= y	x = x << y
>>=	Signed right shift Assignment	x >>= y	x = x >> y

Example

In the following program, we will take values for variables x and y, and perform assignment operations on these values using Python Assignment Operators.

Python Program

x, y = 5, 2
x += y
print(x) # 7

x, y = 5, 2
x -= y
print(x) # 3

x, y = 5, 2
x *= y
print(x) # 10

x, y = 5, 2
x /= y
print(x) # 2.5

x, y = 5, 2
x %= y
print(x) # 1

x, y = 5, 2
x **= y
print(x) # 25

x, y = 5, 2
x //= y
print(x) # 2

x, y = 5, 2
x &= y
print(x) # 0

x, y = 5, 2
x |= y
print(x) # 7

x, y = 5, 2
x ^= y
print(x) # 7

x, y = 5, 2
x <<= y
print(x) # 20

x, y = 5, 2
x >>= y
print(x) # 1

Conclusion

In this Python Tutorial, we learned what Assignment Operators are, and how to use them in a program with examples.