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An assignment operation assigns the value of the right-hand operand to the storage location named by the left-hand operand. Therefore, the left-hand operand of an assignment operation must be a modifiable l-value. After the assignment, an assignment expression has the value of the left operand but isn't an l-value.
Syntax
assignment-expression:
conditional-expression
unary-expression assignment-operator assignment-expression
assignment-operator: one of
= *= /= %= += -= <<= >>= &= ^= |=
The assignment operators in C can both transform and assign values in a single operation. C provides the following assignment operators:
| Operator | Operation Performed |
|---|---|
= | Simple assignment |
*= | Multiplication assignment |
/= | Division assignment |
%= | Remainder assignment |
+= | Addition assignment |
-= | Subtraction assignment |
<<= | Left-shift assignment |
>>= | Right-shift assignment |
&= | Bitwise-AND assignment |
^= | Bitwise-exclusive-OR assignment |
| = | Bitwise-inclusive-OR assignment |
In assignment, the type of the right-hand value is converted to the type of the left-hand value, and the value is stored in the left operand after the assignment has taken place. The left operand must not be an array, a function, or a constant. The specific conversion path, which depends on the two types, is outlined in detail in Type Conversions.
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