Assignment operators

Un operador de asignacion asigna un valor al operando de la izquierda basado en el valor del operando de la derecha.

Visión de conjunto

El operador de asignación basico es el igual (=), el cual asigna el valor del operando derecho al operando izquierdo. Es decir, x = y asigna el valor de y a x. El otro operador de asignacion son usualmente son abreviaciones para operaciones estandar, como se muestra en las siguientes definiciones y ejemplos.

Asignación

Operador de asignación simple que asigna un valor a una variable. EL operador de asignación evalua al valor asignado. Encadenando el operador de asignación es posible en orden de asignar un solo valor a multiples variables. Vea el ejemplo.

Sintaxis

Operador: x = y

Ejemplos

// Asumiendo las siguientes variables
//  x = 5
//  y = 10
//  z = 25

x = y     // x es 10
x = y = z // x, y, z son todas 25

Asignación de Adicción

El operador de asignación de suma agrega el valor del operando derecho a la variable y le asigna el resultado a la variable.

. The types of the two operands determine the behavior of the addition assignment operator. Addition or concatenation is possible. See the addition operator for more details.

Syntax

Operator: x += y 
Meaning:  x  = x + y

Examples

// Assuming the following variables
//  foo = "foo"
//  bar = 5
//  baz = true


// Number + Number -> addition
bar += 2 // 7

// Boolean + Number -> addition
baz += 1 // 2

// Boolean + Boolean -> addition
baz += false // 1

// Number + String -> concatenation
bar += "foo" // "5foo"

// String + Boolean -> concatenation
foo += false // "foofalse"

// String + String -> concatenation
foo += "bar" // "foobar"

Subtraction assignment

The subtraction assignment operator subtracts the value of the right operand from a variable and assigns the result to the variable. See the subtraction operator for more details.

Syntax

Operator: x -= y 
Meaning:  x  = x - y

Examples

// Assuming the following variable
//  bar = 5

bar -= 2     // 3
bar -= "foo" // NaN

Multiplication assignment

The multiplication assignment operator multiplies a variable by the value of the right operand and assigns the result to the variable. See the multiplication operator for more details.

Syntax

Operator: x *= y 
Meaning:  x  = x * y

Examples

// Assuming the following variable
//  bar = 5

bar *= 2     // 10
bar *= "foo" // NaN

Division assignment

The division assignment operator divides a variable by the value of the right operand and assigns the result to the variable. See the division operator for more details.

Syntax

Operator: x /= y 
Meaning:  x  = x / y

Examples

// Assuming the following variable
//  bar = 5

bar /= 2     // 2.5
bar /= "foo" // NaN
bar /= 0     // Infinity

Remainder assignment

The remainder assignment operator divides a variable by the value of the right operand and assigns the remainder to the variable. See the remainder operator for more details.

Syntax

Operator: x %= y 
Meaning:  x  = x % y

Examples

// Assuming the following variable
//  bar = 5

bar %= 2     // 1
bar %= "foo" // NaN
bar %= 0     // NaN

Exponentiation assignment

The exponentiation assignment operator evaluates to the result of raising first operand to the power second operand. See the exponentiation operator for more details.

Syntax

Operator: x **= y 
Meaning:  x  = x ** y

Examples

// Assuming the following variable
//  bar = 5

bar **= 2     // 25
bar **= "foo" // NaN

Left shift assignment

The left shift assignment operator moves the specified amount of bits to the left and assigns the result to the variable. See the left shift operator for more details.

Syntax

Operator: x <<= y 
Meaning:  x   = x << y

Examples

var bar = 5; //  (00000000000000000000000000000101)
bar <<= 2; // 20 (00000000000000000000000000010100)

Right shift assignment

The right shift assignment operator moves the specified amount of bits to the right and assigns the result to the variable. See the right shift operator for more details.

Syntax

Operator: x >>= y 
Meaning:  x   = x >> y

Examples

var bar = 5; //   (00000000000000000000000000000101)
bar >>= 2;   // 1 (00000000000000000000000000000001)

var bar -5; //    (-00000000000000000000000000000101)
bar >>= 2;  // -2 (-00000000000000000000000000000010)

Unsigned right shift assignment

The unsigned right shift assignment operator moves the specified amount of bits to the right and assigns the result to the variable. See the unsigned right shift operator for more details.

Syntax

Operator: x >>>= y 
Meaning:  x    = x >>> y

Examples

var bar = 5; //   (00000000000000000000000000000101)
bar >>>= 2;  // 1 (00000000000000000000000000000001)

var bar = -5; // (-00000000000000000000000000000101)
bar >>>= 2; // 1073741822 (00111111111111111111111111111110)

Bitwise AND assignment

The bitwise AND assignment operator uses the binary representation of both operands, does a bitwise AND operation on them and assigns the result to the variable. See the bitwise AND operator for more details.

Syntax

Operator: x &= y 
Meaning:  x  = x & y

Example

var bar = 5;
// 5:     00000000000000000000000000000101
// 2:     00000000000000000000000000000010
bar &= 2; // 0

Bitwise XOR assignment

The bitwise XOR assignment operator uses the binary representation of both operands, does a bitwise XOR operation on them and assigns the result to the variable. See the bitwise XOR operator for more details.

Syntax

Operator: x ^= y 
Meaning:  x  = x ^ y

Example

var bar = 5;
bar ^= 2; // 7
// 5: 00000000000000000000000000000101
// 2: 00000000000000000000000000000010
// -----------------------------------
// 7: 00000000000000000000000000000111

Bitwise OR assignment

The bitwise OR assignment operator uses the binary representation of both operands, does a bitwise OR operation on them and assigns the result to the variable. See the bitwise OR operator for more details.

Syntax

Operator: x |= y 
Meaning:  x  = x | y

Example

var bar = 5;
bar |= 2; // 7
// 5: 00000000000000000000000000000101
// 2: 00000000000000000000000000000010
// -----------------------------------
// 7: 00000000000000000000000000000111

Examples

Left operand with another assignment operator

In unusual situations, the assignment operator (e.g. x += y) is not identical to the meaning expression (here x = x + y). When the left operand of an assignment operator itself contains an assignment operator, the left operand is evaluated only once. For example:

a[i++] += 5         // i is evaluated only once
a[i++] = a[i++] + 5 // i is evaluated twice

Specifications

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See also

• Arithmetic operators