Core JavaScript 1.5 Guide:Operators:Assignment Operators

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[edit] Assignment Operators

An assignment operator assigns a value to its left operand based on the value of its right operand. The basic assignment operator is equal (=), which assigns the value of its right operand to its left operand. That is, x = y assigns the value of y to x.

The other assignment operators are shorthand for standard operations, as shown in the following table.

Shorthand operator	Meaning
x += y	x = x + y
x -= y	x = x - y
x *= y	x = x * y
x /= y	x = x / y
x %= y	x = x % y
x <<= y	x = x << y
x >>= y	x = x >> y
x >>>= y	x = x >>> y
x &= y	x = x & y
x ^= y	x = x ^ y
x |= y	x = x | y

Table 3.2: Assignment operators