operator — Easy Examples

Standard operators as functions: itemgetter, attrgetter, add, mul

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Getting started with operator

Basic import and usage of the operator module.

python
import operator

# Operator functions
print(operator.add(3, 4))
print(operator.mul(5, 6))

# itemgetter for sorting
from operator import itemgetter
data = [("Alice", 30), ("Bob", 25), ("Charlie", 35)]
print(sorted(data, key=itemgetter(1)))

The operator module is part of Python's standard library. Standard operators as functions: itemgetter, attrgetter, add, mul.

Common operator operations

Frequently used functions from the operator module.

python
# More operator examples
import operator

print(f"operator module loaded successfully")
print(f"Location: {operator.__name__}")
print(f"Has {len(dir(operator))} attributes")

These are the most commonly used features of the operator module.

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