Assignment operators in python

Assignment operators are used to assign value to a variable. Following are the assignment operators provided by python.

Operator	Description
=	a=10 assigns 10 to variable a
+=	a+=10 is same as a=a+10
-=	a-=10 is same as a=a-10
*=	a*=10 is same as a=a*10
/=	a/=10 is same as a=a/10
//=	a//=10 is same as a=a//10
%=	a%=10 is same as a=a%10
**=	a**=10 is same as a=a**10

>>> a=10
>>> a
10
>>> 
>>> a+=10
>>> a
20
>>> 
>>> a-=10
>>> a
10
>>> 
>>> a*=10
>>> a
100
>>> 
>>> a/=10
>>> a
10.0
>>> 
>>> a//=10
>>> a
1.0
>>> 
>>> a**=10
>>> a
1.0

Multiple Assignments

You can assign values to multiple variables simultaneously.

>>> a, b, c = 10, 'hello', 12.345
>>> a
10
>>> b
'hello'
>>> c
12.345

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