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What are logical operators in Python?

Answer

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Logical operators combine or reverse conditions. Python provides three logical operators:

  • and: Returns a truthy result when both conditions are truthy.
  • or: Returns a truthy result when at least one condition is truthy.
  • not: Reverses the truth value of a condition.
age = 25
has_id = True

if age >= 18 and has_id:
    print("Access granted")
            

Logical operators use short-circuit evaluation:

  • and stops when it finds a falsy operand.
  • or stops when it finds a truthy operand.

In Python, and and or return one of their operands rather than always returning a Boolean value.