Assignment
To assign means to store a value in a variable.
Related concepts: ValueVariable
Closest Wikipedia entry: Assignment (computer science)
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AssignCompares
= compares two valuesAssignmentCopiesObject
Assignment copies the objectAssignmentNotExpression
An assignment a=b is not an expressionExpressionAssigns
An expression that reads a variable also updates its value after the evaluationLocalVariablesAutoInitialized
Local variables are automatically initializedMustInitializeFieldInConstructor
Constructors must assign values to all fieldsThisAssignable
One can assign to thisVariablesHoldExpressions
= stores an expression in a variable