Assignment Operator

Question: What is the name = operator in mathematics?

Answer: is equal to

Write In C language terminology this operator is known as Assignment operator which is use to assign right hand side value into left hand size variable with overwrite mode. An assignment operator has following attributes.

• Place right hand side data into left hand side variable.
• If left hand side variable has some data before then it will be lost because an assignment operator overwrite earlier data.
• Binary operator needs two operand
• Used in equation.
• Lower priority operator but higher priority than comma. 

	Example int a,b,c;     a=10;     b=20; Shorthand Shorthand method is another way to use assignment operator which help in compact programing.

Operator symbol	Name of the operator	Example	Equivalent construct
+=	Addition assignment	x += 4;	x = x + 4;
-=	Subtraction assignment	x -= 4;	x = x – 4;
*=	Multiplication assignment	x *= 4;	x = x * 4;
/=	Division assignment	x /= 4;	x = x / 4;
%=	Remainder assignment	x %= 4;	x = x % 4;

 

int a,b,c;

     a=10;

     b=20;

     printf("\n\tA=%d\tB=%d",a,b);

     a+=5;

     b-=5;

     c=a+b;

     printf("\n\tA=%d\tB%d\tC=%d",a,b,c);

     a*=2;

     b/=2;

     c%=10;

     printf("\n\tA=%d\tB%d\tC=%d",a,b,c);

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