Assignment statements in C/C++

The assignment operator
- In C++, the = symbol is an operator
- An operator returns a value
Assignment statement in C/C++:
- The assignment statement is used to assign a value (computed from an expression) to a variable
- Syntax:
- The expression Variable = Expression also returns the value of the expression
- Difference between C++ and Java
  Example:
- Moral: be very responsible when programming in C++

Multiple assignment statements:

C/C++ is one the few languages when you can assign the same value (from some expression) to multiple variables in one statement:
The associativity of the = operator is right-to-left !!!

Example:

a = b = c = 4;
Evaluated as: a = b = c = 4; // Assign 4 to c, returns 4 a = b = 4; // Assign 4 to b, returns 4 a = 4; // Assign 4 to a, returns 4

The result is: the value of expression is assigned to all variables...