Operators

What is an Operator?

An operator is a symbol or keyword that tells the computer what operation it should perform on values or variables.

In the example below, the + operator is used to add the numbers 10 and 5 together:

print(10 + 5)

console.log(10 + 5);

System.out.println(10 + 5);

cout << 10 + 5;

For more details on language-specific operators, check out Python Operators, JavaScript Operators, Java Operators, and C++ Operators.

Types of Operators

There are many types of operators, but the most common ones are:

• Arithmetic operators (+, -, etc.)
• Assignment operators (=, +=, -=, etc.)
• Comparison operators (==, >, <, etc.)
• Logical operators (&&, ||, etc.)
• Bitwise operators (&, |, etc.)

Visit the pages linked to above for more details on each type of operator.