Assignment Operators

Assignment operators are used in Python to assign values to variables.

a = 5 assigns the value 5 to the variable a.

Compound operators like a += 5 update the variable in place and are equivalent to a = a + 5.

Operator	Example	Equivalent to
=	a = 5	a = 5
+=	a += 5	a = a + 5
-=	a -= 5	a = a - 5
*=	a *= 5	a = a * 5
/=	a /= 5	a = a / 5
%=	a %= 5	a = a % 5
//=	a //= 5	a = a // 5
**=	a **= 5	a = a ** 5
&=	a &= 5	a = a & 5
`	=`	`a

Example

x = 10
x += 3
x *= 2
print(x)  # 26

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