Assignment Operator in Python

Using assignment operators, we can assign value to the variables.

Equality sign (=) is used as an assignment operator in Python.

Example

var = 5

Here, an integer object with value 5 has assigned to the variable var.

Example

a = 5
b = a

#Both 'a' and 'b' will point the same object 
print(a,b)

Both 'a' and 'b' will point the same integer object which has the value 5. So, both a and b will hold value 5.

Basically, the value of right-side operand will be assigned to the left side operand.

Compound assignment operators in python

Operator	Meaning	Example (a = 10 , b = 5)
+=	L=L+R add left and right operand and assign result in left	a+=b;same as a=a+b after execution a will hold 15
-=	L=L-R subtract right operand from left operand and assign result in left	a-=b;same as a=a-b after execution a will hold 5
*=	L=L*R multiply both right and left operand and store result in left	*a=b;*same as a=ab after execution a will hold 50
/=	L=L/R divides left operand by right operand and store result in left	a/=b;same as a=a/b after execution a will hold 2
%=	L=L%R After left and right operand division, the remainder will be stored in left	a%=b;same as a=a%b after execution a will hold 0
**=	L=L**R L will hold the value of L ^R. i.e pow(L,R).	a=b;same as a=ab after execution a will hold 100000
//=	L=L//R L will have the floor division value of L // R.	a//=b;same as a=a**b after execution a will hold 2.

Example

a = 10
b = 5;
 
a+=b                        # same as a=a+b
print("value of a+b = ", a)  # a will hold the result