Assignment Operator

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Assignment operators are used to assign values to variables. The left side operand of the assignment operator is a variable and right side operand of the assignment operator is a value.a = 5 is a simple assignment operator that assigns the value 5 on the right to the variable a on the left.

OperatorDescriptionExample
=Assigns values from right side operands to left side operandc = a + b
+=It adds right operand to the left operand and assign the result to left operandc += a
-=It subtracts right operand from the left operand and assign the result to left operand-= a
*=It multiplies right operand with the left operand and assign the result to left operandc *= a
/=It divides left operand with the right operand and assign the result to left operandc /= a
%=It takes modulus using two operands and assign the result to left operandc %= a
**=Performs exponential (power) calculation on operators and assign value to the left operandc **= a
//=It performs floor division on operators and assign value to the left operandc //= a

Assignment Operator - Program Link

# Python Assignment Operator
a=int(input())
b=int(input())
a+=b
print(a)
a-=b
print(a)
a*=b
print(a)
a/=b
print(a)
a//=b
print(a)
a**=b
print(a)
Output:
4
2
4
2.0
1.0
1.0
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References

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