Numeric Type Operators and Functions

Table B.3 represents the operators and (built-in and factory) functions that apply to Python's numeric objects.

Table B.3. Operators and Built-in Functions for All Numeric Types

Operator/built-in	Description	int	long	float	complex	Result[a]
abs()	Absolute value	•	•	•	•	number[a]
chr()	Character	•	•			str
coerce()	Numeric coercion	•	•	•	•	tuple
complex()	Complex factory function	•	•	•	•	complex
divmod()	Division/modulo	•	•	•	•	tuple
float()	Float factory function	•	•	•	•	float
hex()	Hexadecimal string	•	•			str
int()	Int factory function	•	•	•	•	int
long()	Long factory function	•	•	•	•	long
oct()	Octal string	•	•			str
ord()	Ordinal	(string)				int
pow()	Exponentiation	•	•	•	•	number
round()	Float rounding			•		float
**[b]	Exponentiation	•	•	•	•	number
+[c]	No change	•	•	•	•	number
-[c]	Negation	•	•	•	•	number
~[c]	Bit inversion	•	•			int/long
**[b]	Exponentiation	•	•	•	•	number
*	Multiplication	•	•	•	•	number
/	Classic or true division	•	•	•	•	number
//	Floor division	•	•	•	•	number
%	Modulo/remainder	•	•	•	•	number
+	Addition	•	•	•	•	number
-	Subtraction	•	•	•	•	number
<<	Bit left shift	•	•			int/long
>>	Bit right shift	•	•			int/long
&	Bitwise AND	•	•			int/long
^	Bitwise XOR	•	•			int/long
|	Bitwise OR	•	•			int/long

^[a] A result of "number" indicates any of the numeric types, perhaps the same as the operands.

^[b] ** has a unique relationship with unary operators; see Section 5.5.3 and Table 5.2.

^[c] Unary operator.