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Precedence of Operators in Python

When multiple operators are used in one expression such as +,-, **, or ^, etc, we need to decide the order in which to evaluate different operators on the basis of priority in order to get the correct results.

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Python operator Precedence Table
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Python Operator Precedence Table

Precedence	Operator	Description	Associativity
Highest	( )	Parentheses (grouping)	Not Applicable
	[ ]	List indexing	Not Applicable
	f"[...]"	String formatting (f-strings)	Not Applicable
	... ** ...	Exponentiation	Right to left
	+x, -x	Unary plus, Unary minus	Not Applicable
	~x	Bitwise NOT	Not Applicable
Higher	*, /, %	Multiplication, Division, Modulus	Left to right
	//	Floor division (integer division)	Left to right
	+, -	Addition, Subtraction	Left to right
	<<, >>	Bitwise shift operators	Left to right
	&	Bitwise AND	Left to right
	^	Bitwise XOR	Left to right
	\|	Bitwise OR	Left to right
	<, <=, >, >=	Comparison operators	Left to right
	==, !=	Equality operators	Left to right
	not x	Boolean NOT	Not Applicable
	and	Boolean AND	Left to right
	or	Boolean OR	Left to right
Lowest	=, +=, -=, ...	Assignment operators	Right to left

Example


# Operator precedence example

x = 10 + 5 * 2  # Multiplication has higher precedence than addition
print(x)  # Output: 20

y = (10 + 5) * 2  # Parentheses enforce higher precedence for addition
print(y)  # Output: 30

z = 10 - 5 / 2  # Division has higher precedence than subtraction
print(z)  # Output: 7.5

w = 10 - (5 / 2)  # Parentheses enforce higher precedence for division
print(w)  # Output: 7.5

a = 2 ** 3 ** 2  # Exponentiation right-to-left associativity
print(a)  # Output: 512

b = (2 ** 3) ** 2  # Parentheses enforce higher precedence for exponentiation
print(b)  # Output: 64

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