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Assignment (Cross Ref > Operators)

By Mike Prestwood

VB.Net versus Perl: A side by side comparison between VB.Net and Perl.

Operators

A language symbol used for assignment, comparison, computational, or as a logical.

Assignment

[Other Languages]

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Common assignment operators for languages include =, ==, and :=. An assignment operator allows you to assign a value to a variable. The value can be a literal value like "Mike" or 42 or the value stored in another variable or returned by a function.

VB.Net: =

VB.Net uses = for it's assignment operator.

Syntax Example: 1 certification question.

Dim Age As Integer

Dim FullName As String

FullName = "Randy Spitz"
Age = 38

Perl: =

Perl assignment operators:

=	Assignment	$x = 8;
+=	Addition	$x += 8;
-=	Substraction	$x -= 8;
*=	Muliplication	$x *= 8;
/=	Division	$x /= 8;
%=	Modulus	$x %= 8;
**=	Exponent	$x **= 8;

Syntax Example:

$FullName = "Randy Spitz";
$Age = 38;