This table shows how abstract operations correspond to operator symbols in the Python syntax and the functions in the operator module.
| Operation | Syntax | Function | 
|---|---|---|
| Addition | a + b | add(a, b) | 
| Concatenation | seq1 + seq2 | concat(seq1, seq2) | 
| Containment Test | o in seq | contains(seq, o) | 
| Division | a / b | div(a, b) #without__future__.division | 
| Division | a / b | truediv(a, b) #with__future__.division | 
| Division | a // b | floordiv(a, b) | 
| Bitwise And | a & b | and_(a, b) | 
| Bitwise Exclusive Or | a ^ b | xor(a, b) | 
| Bitwise Inversion | ~ a | invert(a) | 
| Bitwise Or | a | b | or_(a, b) | 
| Exponentiation | a ** b | pow(a, b) | 
| Identity | a is b | is_(a, b) | 
| Identity | a is not b | is_not(a, b) | 
| Indexed Assignment | o[k] = v | setitem(o, k, v) | 
| Indexed Deletion | del o[k] | delitem(o, k) | 
| Indexing | o[k] | getitem(o, k) | 
| Left Shift | a < | lshift(a, b) | 
| Modulo | a % b | mod(a, b) | 
| Multiplication | a * b | mul(a, b) | 
| Negation (Arithmetic) | - a | neg(a) | 
| Negation (Logical) | not a | not_(a) | 
| Right Shift | a > | rshift(a, b) | 
| Sequence Repitition | seq * i | repeat(seq, i) | 
| Slice Assignment | seq[i:j]= values | setslice(seq, i, j, values) | 
| Slice Deletion | del seq[i:j] | delslice(seq, i, j) | 
| Slicing | seq[i:j] | getslice(seq, i, j) | 
| String Formatting | s % o | mod(s, o) | 
| Subtraction | a - b | sub(a, b) | 
| Truth Test | o | truth(o) | 
| Ordering | a < b | lt(a, b) | 
| Ordering | a <= b | le(a, b) | 
| Equality | a == b | eq(a, b) | 
| Difference | a != b | ne(a, b) | 
| Ordering | a >= b | ge(a, b) | 
| Ordering | a > b | gt(a, b) |