Name

Abbreviated Assignment

Synopsis

target op= expr

This is the abbreviated form of: 

target = target op expr

The following operators can be used for abbreviated assignment: 

+=  -=  *=  /=  %=  **=  <<=  >>=  &=  |=  ^=  &&=  ||=

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