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Assignment

To assign means to store a value in a variable.

Related concepts:  ValueVariable

Closest Wikipedia entry:  Assignment (computer science)

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Types and Programming Languages - Section 13

Misconceptions about Assignment
16 documented Misconceptions

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AssignCompares
= compares two values
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AssignmentCopiesObject
Assignment copies the object
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AssignmentNotExpression
An assignment a=b is not an expression
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ExpressionAssigns
An expression that reads a variable also updates its value after the evaluation
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LocalVariablesAutoInitialized
Local variables are automatically initialized
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MustInitializeFieldInConstructor
Constructors must assign values to all fields
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ThisAssignable
One can assign to this
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VariablesHoldExpressions
= stores an expression in a variable

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