Ruby Language Operators Assignment Operators

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Example

Simple Assignment

= is a simple assignment. It creates a new local variable if the variable was not previously referenced.

x = 3
y = 4 + 5
puts "x is #{x}, y is #{y}"

This will output:

x is 3, y is 9

Parallel Assignment

Variables can also be assigned in parallel, e.g. x, y = 3, 9. This is especially useful for swapping values:

x, y = 3, 9
x, y = y, x
puts "x is #{x}, y is #{y}"

This will output:

x is 9, y is 3

Abbreviated Assignment

It's possible to mix operators and assignment. For example:

x = 1
y = 2
puts "x is #{x}, y is #{y}"

x += y
puts "x is now #{x}"

Shows the following output:

x is 1, y is 2
x is now 3

Various operations can be used in abbreviated assignment:

OperatorDescriptionExampleEquivalent to
+=Adds and reassigns the variablex += yx = x + y
-=Subtracts and reassigns the variablex -= yx = x - y
*=Multiplies and reassigns the variablex *= yx = x * y
/=Divides and reassigns the variablex /= yx = x / y
%=Divides, takes the remainder, and reassigns the variablex %= yx = x % y
**=Calculates the exponent and reassigns the variablex **= yx = x ** y


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