Question

What are the assignment operators that can be used in Python?

Answer 1

Assignment operators:

In Python, = is a simple assignment operator to assign values to variables. Let a = 5 and b = 10 assign the value 5 to a and 10 to b this two assignment statements can also be given as a, b = 5, 10 that assigns the value 5 and 10 on the right to the variables a and b respectively. There are various compound operators in Python like + =, – =,* =, / = % =,** = and //= are also available.

Operator	Description	Example
Assume x=10
=	Assigns right side operands to left variable	>>> x=10 >>> b= "Computer"
+=	Added and assign back the result to left operand i.e. x=30	>>> x+=20 # x=x+20
-=	Subtracted and assign back the result to left operand i.e. x=25	>>> x-=5 # x=x-5
* =	Multiplied and assign back the result to left operand i.e. x=125	>>> x*=5 # x=x*5
/=	Divided and assign back the result to left operand i.e. x=62.5	>>> x/=2 # x=x/2
%=	Taken modulus(Remainder) using two operands and assign the result to left operand i.e. x=2.5	>>> x%=3#x=x%3
**=	Performed exponential (power) calculation on operators and assign value to the left operand i.e. x=6.25	>>> x**=2#x=x**2
//=	Performed floor division on operators and assign value to the left operand i.e. x=2.0	>>> x//=3