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augmented assignment operator
subject			fact

augmented assignment operator	has syntax variable name operator= expression
	is a subtopic of Operators
	is a kind of assignment operator
	may cause an expression written using it to execute faster than the corresponding expression written without it
	reassigns a variable to a value obtained through a combination of the variable's current value with an expression's value
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 augmented assignment operator :

• *= (4 facts)
• += (4 facts)
• -= (4 facts)
• /= (4 facts)