Compound Assignment Statement In C++

Compound Assignment Statement In C++

The assignment statement can also be used to assign one value to many variables. This type of assignment statement is called Compound Assignment Statement.

For example:

to assign an integer value 16 to two integer type variables x and y,  the compound assignment statement is written as:

x = y = 16;

Program: 

Write a program to assign a value 515 to integer type variables x,y,a,b, and c. Also calculate the sum of the variables and print the result on the screen.

#include <iostream.h>
main ( )
{
int x, y, a, b, c, s;
x=y=a=b=c=515;
s=x+y+a+b+c;
cout<<"sum = " << s;



Assignment Operator (=)

The assignment operator assigns a value to a variable.
x=5;


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