What are assignment operators?

What are assignment operators?

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There are two forms of assignment operators used in expressions. The first one is called the simple assignment operator and the other one is called the compound assignment operator.

1. Simple assignment operator: The simple assignment operator assigns the left operand with the value of the right operand.



2. Compound assignment operator: The compound assignment operator first performs the desired operation between the left and right operands and then assigns the result to the left operand. The compound assignment operator takes the form as given below:
   
   Syntax:
   
   x op= y
   
   The above syntax is equivalent to the following:
   
   x = x op y
   
   Following is the list of compound assignment operators available in Java:
   
   

   Operator	Name	Use	Description
   +=	Addition assignment	x+=y	assigns x with the value of x+y
   -=	Subtraction assignment	x-=y	assigns x with the value of x-y
   *=	Multiplication assignment	x*=y	assigns x with the value of x*y
   /=	Division assignment	x/=y	assigns x with the value of x/y
   %=	Modulus assignment	x%=y	assigns x with the value of x%y
   &=	Bitwise AND assignment	x&=y	assigns x with the value of x&y
   |=	Bitwise OR assignment	x|=y	assigns x with the value of x|y
   ^=	Bitwise exclusive OR assignment	x^=y	assigns x with the value of x^y
   <<=	Shift left assignment	x<<=y	assigns x with the value of x<<y
   >>=	Shift right assignment	x>>=y	assigns x with the value of x>>y
   >>>=	Shift right zero fill assignment	x>>>=y	assigns x with the value of x>>>y

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