Assignment operators shorthand

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JavaScript has many different assignment operators that are shorthand for longer versions. += is one of the more common ones. Most other calculations also have an assignment operator.

// regular assignment assigns the right value to the variable on the left
a = b
 
// we can shorten the code if the variable is itself part of the calculation
a = a + 5    // is the same as:
a += 5
 
// these are some of the available shorthand assignment operators
a += b    // a = a + b       addition assignment
a -= b    // a = a - b       subtraction assignment
a *= b    // a = a * b       multiplication assignment
a /= b    // a = a / b       division assignment
a %= b    // a = a % b       remainder assignment
 
a &&= b   // a = a && b      logical AND assignment
a ||= b   // a = a || b      logical OR assignment
// regular assignment assigns the right value to the variable on the left
a = b
 
// we can shorten the code if the variable is itself part of the calculation
a = a + 5    // is the same as:
a += 5
 
// these are some of the available shorthand assignment operators
a += b    // a = a + b       addition assignment
a -= b    // a = a - b       subtraction assignment
a *= b    // a = a * b       multiplication assignment
a /= b    // a = a / b       division assignment
a %= b    // a = a % b       remainder assignment
 
a &&= b   // a = a && b      logical AND assignment
a ||= b   // a = a || b      logical OR assignment
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