type as the first operand. The four standard arithmetic operators (<code>+</code>,
<code>-</code>, <code>*</code>, <code>/</code>) apply to
<a href="#Numeric_types">integer</a>, <a href="#Numeric_types">floating-point</a>, and
<a href="#Numeric_types">complex</a> types; <code>+</code> also applies to <a href="#String_types">strings</a>.
The bitwise logical and shift operators apply to integers only.
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