Assignment Operators

List of assignment operators

Purpose	Operator example
assignment	x = y
add assignment	x += y
subtract assignment	x -= y
multiply assignment	x *= y
divide assignment	x /= y
modulus assignment	x %= y
right shift assignment	x >>= n
left shift assignment	x <<= n
and assignment	x &= y
or assignment	x |= y
xor assignment	x ^= y

• takes some time to get used to

• makes code more compact

• example (wait for arrays)

        float average, x = 1.0, y = 2.0;
        average = x;
        average += y;
        average /= 2.0;