Assignment Operators

Operator	Description	Example	Equivalent To
=	Assign value	x = 5	x = 5

Compound assignment

Operator	Description	Example	Equivalent To
+=	Add and assign	x += 3	x = x + 3
-=	Subtract and assign	x -= 2	x = x - 2
*=	Multiply and assign	x *= 4	x = x * 4
/=	Divide and assign	x /= 2	x = x / 2
%=	Modulus and assign	x %= 3	x = x % 3
^=	Exponentiate and assign	x ^= 2	x = x ^ 2
//=	Floor divide and assign	x //= 2	x = x // 2

Prefix & postfix increment/decrement

Operator	Type	Description	Example	Result
++x	Prefix	Increments x before evaluation	x = 5; y = ++x;	x = 6, y = 6
x++	Postfix	Increments x after evaluation	x = 5; y = x++;	x = 6, y = 5
--x	Prefix	Decrements x before evaluation	x = 5; y = --x;	x = 4, y = 4
x--	Postfix	Decrements x after evaluation	x = 5; y = x--;	x = 4, y = 5