Supercharged Python: Take Your Code to the Next Level, First Edition

A. Python Operator Precedence Table

Operators in Python expression are evaluated in the order shown in Table A.1 for Python 3.0.

Table A.1. Python Operators by Precedence

Operator	Description
func(args)	Function call
collection[begin : end : step]	Slicing
collection[index]	Indexing
object.attribute	Property or member access
num ** num	Exponentiation
~int	Bitwise NOT
+num, -num	Plus/minus sign
*, /, %, //	Multiplication, division, remainder division, integer division (when operation is between two numbers); also multiplication of lists and strings: list * n
+, –	Addition and subtraction (when operation is between two numbers); also str + str produces string (or list) concatenation
int << n, int >> n	Left and right bit ...