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assignment operator
subject			fact

assignment operator	has definition An operator that performs assignment to the variable on the left and returns the value of the expression on the right
	is a subtopic of Operators
	is a kind of operator
operator	evaluates to its result
	has precedence
	has purpose to perform a simple function of 1 to 3 arguments
	is part of an expression
	is evaluated before another operator with lower precedence
	returns a value called its result
syntactic unit	has syntax rule bold = mandatory italic = non-terminal normal font = optional

Kinds of assignment operator :

• %= (3 facts)
• &= (3 facts)
• <<= (3 facts)
• = (4 facts)
• >>= (3 facts)
• >>>= (3 facts)
• augmented assignment operator (4 kinds, 21 facts)
• caret= (3 facts)
• |= (3 facts)