This operator is used to assign a value to a variable. The form of assignment will be like this var=expression
There are different ways to use assignment operators, let us discuss below
‘=’: This is assignment operator. It assigns the value of left operand to the right operand.
The below example assigns the integer 5 to x.
int x =5;‘+=’: This operator adds the left and right operands and it assigns the result value to left operand.
The below example will add x+y(2+2) and assigns the result to x so the result will be 4
package com.test.basics;
public class TestAssignmentOperator {
public static void main(String[] args) {
int x=2;
int y=2;
x+=y;
System.out.println("Printing the final value "+x);
}
}
‘-=’: This operator subtracts the left and right operands and it assigns the result value to left operand.
The below example will subtract x-y(2-2) and assigns the result to x so the result will be 0
package com.test.basics;
public class TestAssignmentOperator {
public static void main(String[] args) {
int x=2;
int y=2;
x-=y;
System.out.println("Printing the final value "+x);
}
}
‘*=’: This operator multiplies the left and right operands and it assigns the result value to left operand.
The below example will multiply x*y(2+2) and assigns the result to x so the result will be 4
package com.test.basics;
public class TestAssignmentOperator {
public static void main(String[] args) {
int x=2;
int y=2;
x*=y;
System.out.println("Printing the final value "+x);
}
}
‘/=’: This operator divides the left by right operand and it assigns the result value to left operand.
The below example will divide x/y(2/2) and assigns the result to x so the result will be 1
package com.test.basics;
public class TestAssignmentOperator {
public static void main(String[] args) {
int x=2;
int y=2;
x/=y;
System.out.println("Printing the final value "+x);
}
}
‘%=’: This operator divides the left by right operand and it assigns the reminder/modulus value to left operand.
The below example will divide x%y(2%2) and assigns the result to x so the result will be 0
package com.test.basics;
public class TestAssignmentOperator {
public static void main(String[] args) {
int x=2;
int y=2;
x%=y;
System.out.println("Printing the final value "+x);
}
}
Therefore we have covered different types of assignment operators with examples above. Happy Learning in ITWhistle!!